Another One to add to My Growing Bird List
I belong to a Facebook group called Wisconsin Birding. It’s members are from all over the state and people post pictures and sightings of all kinds of birds—from those found in your backyard at the feeder to rare or unusual birds. On Tuesday someone saw a Yellow-breasted Chat, a large warbler and uncommon for Wisconsin, at the UW Arboretum. They posted it on the Birding Facebook page and so I decided that I’d attempt to locate him. Yesterday morning I left the house around 5:45 am and drove to the Arboretum with my binoculars and camera. After about 25 mins of searching, I found him! So I have another bird to add to my life list and some pretty nice pictures and video to boot. Lucky me.
Yellow-breasted Chat at UW Arboretum
Here is a video (rather long) of the Chat performing his song. There is an annoying Blue Jay making a lot of noise in the background. However, if you persist to the end, you’ll see that he is startled by a visitor.
Yellow-breasted Chat at the Arboretum June 3, 2015 from Kris Perlberg on Vimeo.
congratulations! that is really neat that you were able to find the special bird!
Funny, I didn’t see this comment until just now. Thanks Kim!