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 -- [email protected]
