[mou] an escape

[Anthony X. Hertzel]

I typically don't post sightings of obvious escaped birds, but this 
one is really unusual. There is a female Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus 
baglafecht) visiting a feeder in the town of Freeport, Stearns 
County. The species is not on the AOU Check-List of North American 
Birds. They occur throughout eastern Africa, and are best known from 
the highlands of Kenya. It also occurs in north-eastern Uganda, 
south-eastern Ethiopia, northern Tanzania, and other nearby countries.

Paul Hetland is hosting the bird at 313 2nd Ave NW in Freeport. The 
feeder can be seen from the street.

-- 
Anthony X. Hertzel -- axhertzel@sihope.com