Name: Oriental Reed Warbler in song in eastern Mongolia in 2005 by GeoffCarey
Duration: 2 min 34 s
Description: Singing from dense willow shrub near Durur Lake.

I was out kayaking in Lake Tämnaren when I spotted a calling Bittern very close in a canal. Often when you hear a Bittern close up you hear the "inhalation" but I never before heard the ticking noise preceding the inhalation. I wonder if this is something all bitterns do before calling to increase the pressure!? In the background you hear Black Terns, probably the largest colony in all of Scandinavia with about 100 pairs.

Sörsjön, Tämnaren. June 8, 2025.
AudioTechnica BP4025 + Tascam FRAV2

Bittern calling 5 m away from the microphone

Singing from dense willow shrub near Durur Lake.

Oriental Reed Warbler in song in eastern Mongolia in 2005

GeoffCarey

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