I remember reading this name on another Birder's blog before we went to Spain, but I didn't have any idea what it was and to my shame didn't even look it up in the bird book before we went.
But on an evening walk along a quiet track by the North Coast of the Delta, when the sun cast its golden glow over the reeds, I noticed a small bird 'bouncing' out of the reeds yo-yo style. After a few of these bounces I tried to make judgements when to expect the next one and roughly where it was going to land - not easy and I missed quite a few opportunities. I tried to catch him in the air, but the ones I got were impossibly blurred as he was soooo quick.
All the time I just kept thinking to myself 'is this the Zitting Cisticola?' - not sure why but I thought it seemed appropriate.
Then I got lucky or quicker or smarter or ... well just lucky. And I give you the Zitting Cisticola!
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