Date: 5/16/25 1:11 pm From: Tim Houghton via groups.io <timhoughton...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Yellow bellied flycatcher
The south end of Two Rivers is a great place for flycatchers. I got several today, including the yellow bellied flycatcher (YBFL). Here is my checklist with the yellow-bellied description.
This bird has been seen north of here in SD, east of here in Des Moines, and south of here in KS. No photo required in those places, not even a description! But here, things are different. A bright spring YBFL is a slam dunk, and a thorough description should be sufficient for confirmation. But this is just one example where NE eBird should modify its requirements, at least in the eastern part of the state...and become more reasonable and birder friendly. (Not a new issue here, by the way.) I would hope that NE eBird is secure enough to take suggestions and look at itself.
Beware: lots of ticks are around, all stages of them, including the Lone Star Tick--here in NE as well as in Iowa. A small but significant percentage of people bitten by the Lone Star develop some degree of the dreaded red-meat allergy. Not good!
Tim Houghton
> On 05/16/2025 10:21 AM CDT Tim Houghton via groups.io <timhoughton...> wrote:
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> At two rivers sp. I believe whats called the wma area. Pretty bright one. Not surprising here now.
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