[mou] My exotics list

[Warren Woessner]

Cool list to keep. I have Whooper Swan from Black Dog Lake several years
ago, and Ringed Turtle Dove from Madison from the 70s. Ringed Turtle
Dove was countable in Florida until recently. It got dumped when
Eurasian Collared Dove was officially added to the ABA list. Whooper
Swan is countable, at least in Western Alaska. Some Western States have
accepted sightings of Whoopers as wild birds, I think
Warren 

-----Original Message-----
From: mou-net-bounces at moumn.org [mailto:mou-net-bounces at moumn.org] On
Behalf Of Chad Heins
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:25 AM
To: MOU
Subject: [mou] My exotics list

Hey birders!

Here's my exotics list from Sunday: big white duck (?), Chukar, Common
Peafowl, Black Swan, Mute Swan--all from Blue Earth County.  Yes, they
were escapees or domestics but still worth mentioning (maybe the Mutes
were a breeding pair--I didn't lift them out of the water to see if they
were banded).

Here's my lifelist for escapees/exotics seen in the field either in
Wisconsin or Minnesota:

Barnacle Goose--flew in daily with a flock of Canada Geese from the
Milwaukee Zoo to a nearby pond I frequently birded
Tufted Duck--Blue Lake Sewage Ponds
Cockatiel
African Gray Parrot
Budgerigar
Canary
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Greylag Goose
Common Peafowl--Milwaukee Zoo escapee
Chinese Goose

I think it is worth recording exotics and escapees but it is also worth
noting the circumstances that lead to their occurence.  

Happy birding!

Chad Heins
Mankato, MN


       
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