ML341033421
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***Mega. Spotted by Peter Trimble around 07:30 alighting on bushes over the dunes from the parking lot. We immediately pursued and saw his yellow-bellied kingbird had a massive bill, greenish breast, strong fringing to the wing coverts, and a fairly deeply forked tail. Within 10 minutes, while the three of us stood 10-15 m away, the bird let out a screeching, staccato trill commonly heard in pastures and roadsides in the southwestern United States and throughout the Neotropics. We heard the same series of vocalizations a second time about half an hour later. In flight, the primaries were deeply emarginated, indicating an adult male. It was actively sallying for and successfully capturing flies and bumblebees. Multiple times Baltimore Orioles landed adjacent to it in the same bush. It appeared comfortable/unbothered by the close approach of these heterospecifics, which is contrary to personal experience with this species in its native range. Most records of this species in the Northeast US are from the fall; the relatively few records in spring all come from June. This is the first Mar-May record for the Northeast US as far as we know. There is one record from North Carolina in May 2020. Otherwise, there are several records throughout the spring in Florida.
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