Farmland close to a few farms. Bird singing from a electric wire. No edit.

Red-backed Shrike imitating a Song Thrush.

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Chew-call. hpf

The rear side of the pond is bordered by a dense row of trees and bushes. Red-backed shrikes have their territory here. VOC_240627-5576

Bird perched on the top of a bush.

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A couple which I disturb, probably not far from their nest. Here, the male.

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An alarming adult near the young. hpf

This bird was mimicking all sorts of birds as Red-backed Shrikes tend to do. I noticed at least 28 species in these recordings (also see the other ones here)!!

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Male on breeding territory

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SNR 56dB(ISO/ITU).

Surprisingly, it mimics Emberiza calandra 12:25.8, which is sedentary and breeds no closer than 500km from here .

Does it perhaps also mimic Galerida cristata 00:47.2 and12:55.7, which also isn't found here?

At 13:10.4 a real Apus apus is heard, immediately followed by Lanius collurio mimicking it, pretty cool.

Lanius collurio makes long pauses between the song bouts. These start 00:00.0 (08'36'27 o'clock), 03:11.8 (08'39'39 o'clock), 09:01.0 (08'45'29 o'clock), 15:18.5 (08'51'46 o'clock) and18:41.3 (08'55'09 o'clock).

All in all, it at least mimics Cyanistes caeruleus, Parus major, Parus palustris, Sitta europaea, Phylloscopus trochilus, Hirundo rustica, Apus apus, Turdus pilaris, Turdus viscivorus, Turdus merula, Chloris chloris, Carduelis spinus, Corvus monedula and Emberiza calandra.

This is the same individual as the one heard in XC806576.