I'm not a bird person, have never owned one, so bare with me here! :-)
My husband has feeders set up and is trying to attrach finchs, quite successfully. Today he spotted what he is 99% sure was a Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu Waxbill. Problem being that we don't live in Africa :-P How common are these as pets? Is it likely that it is an escaped pet? Are there any other midwestern birds that closely resemble the Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu Waxbill that he may have misidentified?