In the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve on Wednesday morning at about 7:30 AM, Annie Wexler and Tony Gaenslen found a bird that we all believe was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Annie provided the following details to me by phone.
The bird was in the island of brush and trees at the bottom of the long slope that crosses the first meadow, where the blue-blazed trail goes through a gap with this island to the left and the turn to Coleman Lake on the right. They had a close look for about five minutes, right there by this gap, as the bird sat still and silent, low in the vegetation. The bird had a bright yellow throat and breast contrasting with a white belly and tan upperparts. Annie notes emphatically that the bird was quite large, larger than any warbler. She notes her conviction that it was not a Yellow-throated Vireo because of size and overall appearance, which closely matches the chat but not other birds in her field guide. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
