"Local" Yellow-breasted Chats

["Brian Currie" <bcurrie33 at hotmail dot com>]

Hello all,

While waiting for those to arrive for the Mountain Bluebird box check this 
past Saturday at Rainbow Gardens in Ogden, I ventured along the Rainbow 
Garden trail and found two YB Chats in nearby proximity, and probably 
feeding young.  Rainbow Gardens is at the mouth of Ogden canyon, 12th street 
will take you there.  To access the trail, park in the southwest extreme 
corner of the parking lot.  You will see a sign that reads, "Rainbow Gardens 
trail" (or maybe it is just "Rainbow trail").  Just go along that path about 
35-ish yards (easy walk) and when you get to a relatively straight section 
from which you can view the whole Rainbow Gardens parking lot very well, 
that is the area (BEFORE you start climbing much in elevation).  That was at 
7:40 AM.  Later in the day, about 1:30 PM, Kris Purdy and I were passing 
through and we were easily able to relocate them, though it took the weird 
little Chat-like sounds I make to quickly see them this time.  Both YB Chats 
had visible bugs in their mouths, not eating them, which leads me/us to 
believe that they have a nest nearby that we never were able to locate.  I 
witnessed the same behavior earlier in the AM.

Brian

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