Identification - This colorful bird is the size of a sparrow and is North America's largest warbler. It is mostly olive-green above and bright yellow below except for a white belly. It has a stout black bill, white eye-brow and partial eye-ring and a black patch between the bill and eye. The tail is long. It is a skulker and is more often heard than seen.
Morsels - The Yellow-breasted Chat is the oddest member of the North American warblers. Most warblers are tiny, spritely birds with thin musical songs. The chat, however, is a chunky and stolid bird with a thick tanager-like bill and very long tail. Unlike other warblers it hides in thickets but draws attention to itself by singing loudly, even at night. When a full moon fills the sky with light, it sings more loudly! It often imitates other birds, and even frogs.
