Pheasants

This pair of pheasants have been in our garden since the winter. They come in about five times a day and scavenge the seeds that the birds drop from the bird feeder.

Not a very sharp picture as it was taken on the digital zoom.

 

Thanks Liz and Rosa

We have become quite attached to them. We don't have cats but there are three cats that own our garden and patrol regularly. The pheasants never seem to be the least bit bothered about them and the male just stands upright and out-stares them.

The oldest of the three cats has been around for almost 15 years and we keep an empty space in our heated propagator for him. He spends a lot of the day sleeping in the propagator - all year round - and comes out for a stretch and to patrol. I don't know where he lives but is well fed, friendly and doesn't seem very interested in food that we have offered in the past. Some years ago he was not around for quite a while and then he was back with a section of fur shaved away from his hip. He had obviously had an operation so he must own a human.

In the past the pheasants have laid eggs in our garden but they seem to have aboandoned them.

Early in the year there were two males and seven females around but just the pair are left.


A not very good picture of some of the females


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shiney

 

Thanks everyone.

LOL, you certainly made me smile calling me smiley - its shiney, but I think I like smiley better!

Our nephew did the sculpture when he was at art college but went on to working in metal. He's in his forties now and teaching at an art college.
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shiney