Date: 5/16/25 2:28 pm From: Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Yellow bellied flycatcher
Nice sighting! We had lots of empids this morning as well, but no luck with
YBFL.
I'd like to note that the ebird reviewers are volunteers, and the filters
are in place to ensure data quality. A quality description on the report is
all that is needed. YBFL is by far the rarest in the spring so it makes
sense to me that it flags rare.
Interesting about the ticks, the Black-legged Tick is the only one that
carries Lyme disease, but you're right. Lone star tick bites can cause
alpha-gal syndrome, not as bad as Lyme but still bad.
Tobin Brown
Lancaster county
On Fri, May 16, 2025, 3:11 PM Tim Houghton via groups.io <timhoughton=
<comcast.net...> wrote:
> 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.
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S238874097 >
> 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=
> <comcast.net...> wrote:
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> At two rivers sp. I believe whats called the wma area. Pretty bright one.
> Not surprising here now.
>
> Tim Houghton
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