[wisb] European Greenfinch and more, Bong SRA, Kenosha County 3/11/12

  • From: "Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins" <hopmoon@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:29:09 -0500

I found the European Greenfinch coming to the feeders at Bong State Rec Area
this morning.  Cool bird, even if uncountable by ABA standards.  Photo here:
http://tinyurl.com/73pkro8

Loved hearing calling and singing Eastern Meadowlarks, Red-winged
Blackbirds, and Killdeer.  Spotted one very bright Pine Siskin at the
feeders, along with several normally colored siskins.  I also saw my FOY
Common Grackles.

So, I've been hearing about the breeder/pet store owner who allegedly
released a ton of foreign cage birds some years back, thereby explaining the
numbers of interesting European passerines in the upper Midwest ever since.
Has this actually been traced to a specific event, and how long ago did it
happen?  How long do these small songbirds live, and are we still seeing the
original escapees?

Thanks,

Jym Mooney, Milwaukee


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