[mou] yellow-breasted chat

[Robert.Oconnor@ndsu.nodak.edu]

Hi,

I found a Yellow-breasted Chat in Gooseberry Park, S. Moorhead, 
Clay County, MN, today (5/20) at about 7 P.M.  but lost sight of it 
after a minute's observation and was unable to relocate the bird 
despite a half hour's search.  The bird was dark olive green above 
with no wing bars, striking white goggles, a comparatively stocky 
black bill, a bright yellow breast, and strongly contrasting white 
underparts.  It was feeding 18 inches off the ground at the edge of 
the thin strip of woods across from Fargo's Lindenwood Park.  It 
was close to the grassy central portion of the park rather than at 
the river edge.

If I relocate the bird or hear that anyone else has seen it, I will post 
a follow-up message.

Bob O'Connor