Bird Watching: Ring-neck Rooster, 0 by reddirtretiree

reddirtretiree wrote:
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos, even if the story had a sad ending. Some things in nature, like the pallet of colors found on a cock pheasant, can't be replicated by human efforts. Except maybe with a camera. :-)

In general people who feed birds do exponentially more good for the birds than bad. But, we have to be careful when feeding species that have hunting seasons on them. These animals often become easy prey for slob hunters. Years ago we bought a cabin and the guy who had lived there had a pet deer. Of course, he left it behind and it would visit us and beg for handouts. But, the first fall he was shot by a neighbor.

A pic of a hen pheasant I took awhile back.