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Ring-neckeds
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Jeffrey Schoonmaker
While driving through Knox on the main road at 11 a.m. this morning, we came across 2 male Ring-necked Pheasants close to the road. With no one behind us, we stopped for poor smartphone photos. In less than a minute we saw another one further on right a the
edge of the road. No, it wasn't hurt. Again, we slowed and stopped as it stood up and wandered off to the right and disappeared in the underbrush.
Will someone tell me this species is "uncountable" because they know that they have been deliberately released in the fields around the homes in Knox for the hunters to shoot? If true, go ahead and say so. I can take it. Nevertheless, Doris and I didn't
see them in a zoo or in a cage or on a leash. They are a beautiful bird which we saw loose and out in the open. If they were raised in captivity and turned loose to be shot in Knox, I'm just grateful to have seen 3 of them this morning before they met their
metallic demise. I will be adding that species to my personal, private year list.
Thanks, Tristan and Will, for the reservoir heads-ups! We have our Basic Creek permit, thankful that it's good for 2 years.
Jeff Schoonmaker (scroll down for photos)
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Andy Mason
The rule of thumb I always use is to hold your hand out to the
bird. If it walks away, count it; if it walks toward you, don't.
Andy Mason On 10/26/2022 5:10 PM, Jeffrey
Schoonmaker wrote:
-- Andrew Mason 13 Boylston St. Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 267-8491 AndyMason@... |
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Sean Cummings
Hi, folks: I live in very rural Stuyvesant, Columbia County. Several miles away, on a back road, I occasionally see a pheasant along the roadside that acts strangely docile. If you stop the car and chat with the bird, it will move away slowly. Here's my best guess . . . There used to be a family-owned pheasant preserve outside of Valatie, about five miles away. I think the owners were registered with DEC, raised pheasants there, and permitted hunting. Not sure if they're still operating. Also, there's a preserve called Harrier Hill, five miles to the south, which is part of a state Wildlife Management Area. Pheasants are released there and hunting is allowed. But when you walk the trails there and accidentally flush out those pheasants, they take off pronto. So, I suspect that the overly docile pheasants were raised in captivity -- perhaps not DEC facilities -- and were later released or escaped. Sean Cummings Stuyvesant From: "Andy Mason" <andymason@...> To: "hmbirds" <hmbirds@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 5:24:38 PM Subject: Re: [hmbirds] Ring-neckeds The rule of thumb I always use is to hold your hand out to the
bird. If it walks away, count it; if it walks toward you, don't. Andy Mason On 10/26/2022 5:10 PM, Jeffrey
Schoonmaker wrote:
-- Andrew Mason 13 Boylston St. Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 267-8491 AndyMason@... |
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Christina McLaughlin
There's an interactive stocking map for pheasants here: https://nysdec.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=956034387b054aa6a3c0cea020119796 from DEC. (If that direct link doesn't work, its linked on this page under "interactive stocking map" https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8363.html#Find ) As to Knox, I used to work down that way in Rensselaerville and there are 2 WMA's that are stocked. The pheasants near the road I was always under the impression were stocked birds, likely disoriented from their release. _____________________________________ "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." - Ralph Waldo EmersonChristina McLaughlin |
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