Date: 5/6/25 4:44 pm From: Zac Denning via groups.io <zdenning1...> Subject: [EBB-Sightings] Yellow-breasted Chat at the Albany Bulb
Most are already aware - but for those who hadn't heard, I found a Yellow-breasted Chat at the Albany Bulb this morning. It was skulking in characteristic fashion, singing quietly for periods from dense brush.
Susan Greef showed up as I was leaving, and it sounds like she and Ed Yong were able to locate it a bit further to the north, with their last reported location being (37.8904908, -122.3242674 <https://maps.app.goo.gl/dFuMbML7hnsYdpUv9>). Hopefully it sticks around for a few days.
The bird is a bit of a ventriloquist. It sometimes had me spinning in circles trying to pinpoint its location (and Ed reported much the same). I would think I heard it softly singing from in front, than behind - and it would also vary its volume, sounding far away, then suddenly much closer.
If you're looking for it, prepared to be patient, and to use your ears mostly to find it. Good luck.
