Baikal Bush Warbler

This is a bird that I badly wanted to photograph.  It took me a long time to even see one well,

let alone have one come out in the relative open.                                                                       

           Eventually it paid off and these images were taken from my car as the bird emerged from
           the reeds into the scrub.

           These birds are real skulkers and this was actually only my 3rd proper sighting of the species.
           I had seen it at Bangpra, Chonburi and at Num Kum, Chiang Mai prior to this.

Rather heavy streaking on the breast. 

           Baikal Bush Warbler is another Locustella found in Northern and Central Thailand.
    It breeds in the southern parts of Far Eastern Russia and northern parts of North Eastern China.
    I don't hear it often in mid winter but towards March/April it starts to vocalize a lot more.

Here is the normal song: https://www.xeno-canto.org/549297

And here the rather subdued contact call: https://www.xeno-canto.org/430370

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