[wisb] Re: Racine/Kenosha today
- From: Schaufenbuel <schaufenbuel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:16:45 -0600
Tom,
I got a European bird guide as a kid and know Euro birds pretty well.
But, if I were to see this bird:
http://ic2.pbase.com/o6/60/469160/1/120792399.K6cac9c6.Verdone13.jpg
I may well have shoe horned it into a more common species too!
Joe Schaufenbuel
Stevens Point,
Portage Co., WI
I
On 3/10/2012 8:54 PM, Tom Wood wrote:
> I discussed the alleged juvenile Evening Grosbeak that I reported to the
> list on Feb. 25 with Steve Lubahn, and as he indicates, I may have seen an
> escaped
> Eurasian Greenfinch, a bird I never heard of until today. Photos he
> backchanneled to me do not show the detail I saw on Feb. 25, but the photos
> look
> sufficiently like the bird I saw to make me believe he is on to something.
> Steve is a much better birder than I, and I will defer to his judgment. I
> apologize to John Dixon and anyone else on this list who may have gone
> looking for an Evening Grosbeak. I'm not doing very well recently- first
> Purple Finch and now Evening Grosbeak. I hope this is not a trend.
>
> Thomas Wood,Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County
>
>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 5:25 PM
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> Subject: [wisb] Racine/Kenosha today
>
> As reported earlier there were 6 ROSS'S Geese today in Milwaukee and Racine
> Counties. My first ROSS'S was at the intersection of Mill rd. and Oak Creek
> Parkway inGrant Park in South Milwaukee. The next three ROSS'S were seen by
> looking east on 'H' just south of 'G' in Racine Co. near Nicholson Wildlife
> Refuge. There were 3 Ross's among 5 Snow (one blue phase) and hundreds of
> Canadas. The next two were on 4 mile road just east of the Highway or
> Frontage rd. This pond had thousands of birds including approx. 20-25 Snow
> Geese, 3 G. White Fronted Geese, Snow Buntings, Pintails, Redheads,
> Shovelers, Wood Ducks, Am. Wigeon etc.
>
> Finally, at Bong Recreation center, I watched the feeders with Sidney Hamm
> when a bird I believed was Tom Wood's Evening Grosbeak showed up. After I
> got home and did some research I realized it was likely an EURASIAN
> GREENFINCH. This bird must be part of the famous exotic release years ago in
> Illinois. Noteworthy were about 150 Ring-neck ducks as well.
>
> Steven Lubahn
> Cudahy
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