On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:33:19 PM UTC-4, Michael Moore wrote:
> Today I was at the Fair Hill Nature Center in Cecil County mostly looking for odonates, but I did have great looks at a lovely Yellow-bellied Flycatcher behind the pond below the center. It was a bright green, compact, big headed Empid with a very yellow throat, green vest and strong yellow wash to the rest of the underparts. I was intrigued that there was a slight teardrop shape to the eyering. The bill was broad-based with convex sides and entirely yellow below. Wings were nearly black and showed strong contrast to the wingbars.
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> Mike Moore
> Newark, DE
Mike,
Your description matches very closely with a very early YBFL I saw here in my yard back on August 11. Very definitely a teardrop shaped eye-ring (tapering towards the rear of the eye, wings dark (almost black, like a goldfinch). Very small size and upright posture, along with strong yellowish underparts alerted me to it.
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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