Ok, what am I missing here?

I think it is necessary to understand how we use the word creation. Technically there are not two separate creations in Genesis. Perhaps most people do not strictly use or define the word “create” the same way. I think it necessary especially when making the claim that God used the act of creation in terms of evolutionary development. I think that is one of the greatest misunderstandings between both sides.

YEC propenants (i think) understand God created each branch of the biological tree with all the information needed for every future species.

EC in opposition in keeping with current dating methods and known fossil record, understand that there was no specific creation event, but that over time the inerrant information revealed itself. Assumingly from a simple state to a more complex state as information was utilized as neccessary. Or the information was “infused” at any period over billions of years.

Genesis 2 does not even seem to be a retelling of the first event, nor is it a creation event. God planted a Garden and took an existing human from the rest of humanity for the purpose of living there. How the animals arrived is as much of a mystery as how they arrived for Noah.