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

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  • To: tcwood729@xxxxxxxxx, Wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 0:31:00 +0000

Carl Schwartz and I found one about 5 years ago at the Chilwaukee prairie too. 
This is when the black tailed gull was hanging around down there.
Tom Uttech
Oz co.
---- Tom Wood <tcwood729@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Thanks so much for the photo of the Eurasian Greenfinch, Jym. This is the
> bird I saw on 2/25 and called a juvenile male Evening Grosbeak. Now I can
> see where I went wrong. The bird looks similar to the
> juvenile male Evening Grosbeak in my big Sibley except the white horizontal
> stripe should be on the secondaries, not the primaries as on this bird. Not
> careful enough observation on my part, and a great job
> by Steve. Thanks to both of you for resolving this mystery for me.
> 
> Thomas Wood,Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County
> 
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> On Behalf Of Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 6:29 PM
> To: Wisbirdn
> Subject: [wisb] European Greenfinch and more, Bong SRA, Kenosha County
> 3/11/12
> 
> 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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