Yellow-breasted Chats, Ionia County

[Scott Manly]

The Yellow-breasted Chats that I had singing yesterday from the Ionia River Trail area were present today too.  While I only saw one bird yesterday before the rain came, I had time to see, photograph and record both birds today.  
Since some were confused with my directions yesterday, I will give the coordinates and a little explanation: 42° 58' 48.34"N85° 0' 0.90"W First, these are my best guess from Google Earth (not enough detail to be sure), but they should help get people into the area well enough to find the filed where the Chats are singing. Second, I mentioned that they were a couple miles down Quarry Road, and someone wrote back to say that Quarry Road is only 0.2 miles according to the web.  Actually, it is 0.2 miles to the parking lot (just beyond the Ionia River Trail).  At that point there is a metal gate that is currently closed (I remember it opened last fall).  Quarry Road continues past that (it may not be called Quarry after that though).  Follow that road (north at first then it bends east) for what now appears to be 1.25 miles (again, it is hard to be sure with Google Earth) to the next parking lot and metal gate.  From that parking lot, you should be able to hear the Chats.   I had one straight out from the parking lot (due South) and the other one to the left (east).  I brought my scope along today and got much better shots.
 
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=71650 Good birding,Scott Manly
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