Yellow-breasted Chat
May 26th
This morning Mike and I
went out to Oak Openings Metropark. We
were searching for two species that usually nest here, the Yellow-breasted
Chat and the Blue Grosbeak. We were
successful in finding a chat in two different locations but had no luck finding
a Blue Grosbeak.
Chats are small songbirds but are large and bulky compared
to other warblers. They have a long
tail, big head, bright yellow breast, and white spectacles. Chats can be hard to find because they tend
to skulk in dense thickets. The best
time of year to find a chat is during the breeding season when the male delivers a
stream of whistles, cackles, chuckles, and gurgles often singing from an
exposed perch.
(1 new species, total
272)
Yellow-breasted Chat (scarce)
Yellow-breasted Chat
Lark Sparrow
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