Hello,
I saw both of these birds in southwestern Poland on the 25th of June this year, along the Nysa River south of Zgorzelec. The bird in the first two photos is, I think, a Garden Warbler, but with such a nondescript species that I'm not familiar with, I'd like a confirmation of my ID. I've also got a video of the bird singing here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gRuPG1nwLET7u1VqlToi4dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
The third and fourth photos show the same bird, and I'm fairly certain that the bird in the fifth photo is the same individual as well. This one gave me a fair bit of trouble. I'm pretty sure it's either a Marsh Warbler or a Reed Warbler, but I hadn't ever seen either species before this day, so deciding between the two is difficult! The warm colour of the rump in comparison to the back looks like a better match for the Reed Warbler in the Collins guide. However, the habitat seems a better match for Marsh Warbler (the bird was spending all its time in these dense weeds on the riverbank, and there weren't any reeds nearby). It was also singing most of the time, and what I heard seems to be a better match to the Marsh Warbler songs I found on xeno-canto than to the Reed Warbler songs. Here's a video of the bird singing:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/js7bmd8pPvwrmzZTnz-mTtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
If you're good with both Marsh and Reed Warblers, please take a look, and let me know which one it is, or if it's impossible to tell.
Thanks!
I saw both of these birds in southwestern Poland on the 25th of June this year, along the Nysa River south of Zgorzelec. The bird in the first two photos is, I think, a Garden Warbler, but with such a nondescript species that I'm not familiar with, I'd like a confirmation of my ID. I've also got a video of the bird singing here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gRuPG1nwLET7u1VqlToi4dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
The third and fourth photos show the same bird, and I'm fairly certain that the bird in the fifth photo is the same individual as well. This one gave me a fair bit of trouble. I'm pretty sure it's either a Marsh Warbler or a Reed Warbler, but I hadn't ever seen either species before this day, so deciding between the two is difficult! The warm colour of the rump in comparison to the back looks like a better match for the Reed Warbler in the Collins guide. However, the habitat seems a better match for Marsh Warbler (the bird was spending all its time in these dense weeds on the riverbank, and there weren't any reeds nearby). It was also singing most of the time, and what I heard seems to be a better match to the Marsh Warbler songs I found on xeno-canto than to the Reed Warbler songs. Here's a video of the bird singing:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/js7bmd8pPvwrmzZTnz-mTtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
If you're good with both Marsh and Reed Warblers, please take a look, and let me know which one it is, or if it's impossible to tell.
Thanks!
