Subject: [Tweeters] Stillwater Yellow-Breasted Chat...Yes!
Date: May 26 21:25:49 2007
From: Thomas Mansfield - tmiseattle at msn.com


Hi Tweets - MaryFrances Mathis, Matt Bartels and I had great, up close views
of the Yellow Breasted Chat today at Stillwater, north of Carnation. The
Snoqualmie Valley Trail was quite birdy, including a striking Lazuli Bunting
near the Highway 203 trailhead. But the Chat was the star, performing a
display flight (how cool would that be if there WAS a female around...) and
an incredible Steller's Jay impersination. To reach the Hughes Creek
Bridge, park in the main WDFW lot near the Stillwater store, then walk south
(left) on the trail about a third of a mile. Hughes Creek is the second
bridge and the only one with a sign proclaiming its name. The Chat was
flitting through the scrub on both sides of the bridge and in the maples
overhead.