Speaking of Ring-necked Pheasants, does anyone know of evidence that they breed successfully in the Basin? Perfect habitat would be in the Rafferty Rd area. but I don't recall any observations of pheasant hens with chicks there. Certainly we hear the males giving their crowing calls during the courting season.
Given that Ring-necked Pheasant is an introduced species, we still count as valid our observations of birds seen in the "wild" even though it seems like the populations are maintained by regular reintroduction of those raised for hunting (according to Sibley Guide). So the pheasants raised at the Stevenson Rd Game Farm presumably end up in "wild" populations, but we don't count observations of the species when we see the birds in their pens! Seems a little odd...although all I'm doing is playing devil's advocate here... Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478&pos=0 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
