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Pheasant families
by loiswakeman @ 20/07/2007 - 14:01:51

Our resident pheasant cock, of whom I have written in the past, has gradually lost all his four or five wives over the past three months, and has been solitary for the last one.

pheasantsSo, I was very pleased to see him with a hen and a single chick yesterday and today. I assume while the hens are nesting, they can't forage far for food, and so couldn't visit the garden. I wonder if any more will reappear with families?

The chicks are just so endearing - miniature versions of their mothers, and they run so fast, they look like little wind-up toys. Aaaah.

Sorry about the crummy photo - they move very fast and it was a dark day, so the longish exposure wasn't ideal.

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UsksiderUsksider pro
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20/07/07 @ 14:22

Pheasants are fun to watch aren't they? We don't get them in the garden here, but there are lots living in the wood down the road.

kevinwilsonkevinwilson pro
20/07/07 @ 14:26

that looks like a good photo to me. they're lovely creatures and i can't bear the thought of any being shot!

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loiswakemanloiswakeman [Member]
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20/07/07 @ 15:21

There are a few private shoots round here - but I suspect that 'my' family came to grief on the road or inside foxes.

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LissaTLissaT pro
20/07/07 @ 17:50

. . . and they do make lovely eating although I hate to think of the shooting, hypocrite that I am. I hope nobody gets our resident pheasant and partridge families.

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loiswakemanloiswakeman [Member]
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23/07/07 @ 08:54

They do indeed. Coincidentally, tonight's supper will be woodpigeon casserole. Some chaps from the local estate parked their vans in our drive to go shooting, and gave us a couple to say thanks. So last night I was inhaling feathers!

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WugamumftagaWugamumftaga [Member]
20/07/07 @ 21:01

We only seem to have a cock pheasant at the moment. I don't think I have ever seen babies before. You have educated me!

I must admit that I love our wild turkey chicks. It is great to watch them grow up and you learn to recognise them apart but they make such a mess when they are fully-grown that you tend to go off them a bit!

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