I would second these comments--I saw the chat Friday and it seemed unusually unafraid of being exposed--it provided longish looks as it perched on low branches.
On Saturday, December 4, 2010, <tsm...@optonline.net> wrote: > We went to Central Park this morning and found both the Varied Thrush and the > chat. While we were observing the chat, we noticed that it was engaging in > some interesting behavior. Although we first saw it in the boathouse parking > lot, it soon moved across East Drive to a grassy area where it proceeded to > behave in a extremely robin-like manner: moving around on the grass, > sometimes making very close approaches, and, at times, looking for and > catching worms. At one point, we watched as it ate four worms one right > after another. > > I would not have expected a chat would allow itself to be so exposed and > confiding, and wasn't aware that worms were a part of its diet. Maybe it > learned something from watching robins? > > Pictures of the chat (and the Varied Thrush) are in my photostream at: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsmzth/ > > > - Tom/Hal Smith > Madison, NJ > tsm...@optonline.net > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
