The Visitor - November 10, 2022 @goldenoakfarm
I was coming back from the barn on Thursday afternoon and saw a large dark spot in the driveway in front of the house. As I got closer I could see it was a pheasant. I was able to pull over by the rosebed and get photos resting the camera on the rear view mirror.
On the road on the back side of our property, a mile east of us as the crow flies, there’s a place that raises pheasants for release in the autumn.
They are relatively tame and this one ignored the car and continued hunting in the driveway for gravel.
When my son was little we had one take up residence in the South Herb garden. He named it Herbie. Eventually he found a lady friend and my son named her Mary. They were there for a few weeks that year.
The neighbor to our south usually raised corn in the field next to us and we often see the pheasants in there each autumn. He didn’t this year though.
I feel bad for the poor pheasants because they have no “street smarts” from being raised in a cage. They seldom last long into the winter. But they are pretty birds and it is cool to see them.
Do people hunt these birds for food and sports?!
Yup, that’s why they raise them.
How nice it is to see such beauty out in the wild, but, it is a shame they are raised for hunting. :-(
Sigh...
Aww, I enjoyed all the shots of your pretty visitor! Although from the sounds of things, the poor creature's visit might be a bit short lived, street smarts are definitely important out in nature!
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We used to see them in the UK. I LOVED them. They didn't have much street sense there either and we often picked up still warm roadkill for dinner.
Seems so unfair to them, like following the fish stocking truck around in the spring.