Recorded on the 29th of May 2005 in the south of Tomsk (deciduous woodland; at 56°25N, 84°58E). Background species: Corvus cornix.

Arrives at the end of the thaw period, before the foliage expansion. In Tomsk and its outskirts appears mainly in the final third of April.

Breeds commonly wherever a few trees or taller bushes exist – open deciduous forest, floodland birch and willow zone, forest clearings and copses, overgrown bogs, wooded parks and gardens. Common and region-wide.

The active song season lasts from May until mid-July.