It's been a few years, but Judy and I had a family of pheasants here
on Whitted Rd: male, female, and several chicks. And from time to time
we still encounter a pair. I suspect that a few of the released birds
manage each year to survive long enough to mate and provide juicy
young morsels for the local coyotes, Red-tails, etc.
I recall that we had the same thing with Northern Bobwhites awhile
back. Calling throughout the breeding season but never making it
through the winter. Those were likely birds raised and released by
Steve Kress farther up Snyder Hill Rd. Raptor food. Fertilizer.
Bob McGuire
On Apr 10, 2011, at 7:34 PM, Marie P Read wrote:
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
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