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Great reed warbler        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Great reed warblers, as their name implies, are large (for warblers) and live in dense reedbeds in swamps and marshes.   They are birds with big 'personalities': loud, vigorous, and continuous singers, aggressive in defending their territories, often showing little fear of people.   These spring migrants were photographed in Bialowieza in northeastern Poland.

  • Canon 1D3, 800 mm IS + 1.4X converter, fill-in flash (2009)