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:[email protected]] 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 ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC
