Black Pheasant

[silent flight]

Originally Posted by Bub-les

I had an appointment today and on the way back I came across a very dark Pheasant. I didn't realise what it was at first but when it flew I could see the markings on the feathers. It was very dark all over no white or red at all. Sorry I didn't get a photo. But I'm going to be travelling that way again hopefully next time.....

Drive the road from Slaidburn to Newton in Bowland and you will see these black pheasants in the fields, they look quite nice in the frost.

[posie]

FROST ? Have you had frost yet this year or are you talking about previous years?

[dannydee]

I seen my first black pheasent today, just outside of Edinburgh, a stunning bird and Posie, we've had frost up here already but it's hardly surprising being in Scotland.

[silent flight]

Originally Posted by posie

FROST ? Have you had frost yet this year or are you talking about previous years?

we have had a little but im talking about previous years

[Joyzerelly]

Originally Posted by Bub-les

OK they're stupid (the birds ) but the are lovely to look at.

'How do we judge an animal's intelligence?... Usually by compairing its behaviour with our own! We say that an animal is intelligent when its actions make sense to us.
But (other) animals live in different environments to humans, and rely on different senses to help them live. They face and solve problems we may not even encounter or recognise'.

On another note, we have a black hen pheasant frequenting our garden with her mate at the moment. :~)