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What kind of pheasant is this?

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  • 11-05-2019 4:28pm
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    bobbysands81
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    Thanks in advance.

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    alchemist33
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    A young Reeves pheasant. They're more colourful when older


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    locum-motion
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    Looks like a fairly normal hen pheasant to me, if perhaps a little bit darker than usual. So I'm thinking it's the hen of a melanistic strain of Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). Of course, I could be miles off...


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    locum-motion
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    Alchemist posted while I was typing. Looks like I was miles off. Sorry!


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    Half-cocked
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    I saw some Reeves pheasants in Johnstown Castle recently, this does look like one.


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    bobbysands81
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    Half-cocked wrote: »
    I saw some Reeves pheasants in Johnstown Castle recently, this does look like one.

    That’s exactly where I took the photo today.

    It was almost as tame as the peacocks who will feed from your hand.

    Saw a young hare today as well... a few woodpeckers are in the area too.


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    dodderangler
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    bobbysands81 wrote: »
    That’s exactly where I took the photo today.

    It was almost as tame as the peacocks who will feed from your hand.

    Saw a young hare today as well... a few woodpeckers are in the area too.

    That’s why I stopped shooting pheasants. They’re all feckin tame. They’re handreared around humans. No sport involved in shooting them.


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    wexandproud
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    bobbysands81 wrote: »
    That’s exactly where I took the photo today.

    It was almost as tame as the peacocks who will feed from your hand.

    Saw a young hare today as well... a few woodpeckers are in the area too.
    sounds like your from the area . The Deerpark is where i heard the cuckoo a while back . woodpecker [ i think ] down there too
    Saw a weasel there last week just by the little bridge


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    wexandproud wrote: »
    sounds like your from the area . The Deerpark is where i heard the cuckoo a while back . woodpecker [ i think ] down there too
    Saw a weasel there last week just by the little bridge

    I assume it was a Stoat rather than a Weasel.


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    wexandproud
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    Vaughn Famous Recipe wrote: »
    I assume it was a Stoat rather than a Weasel.
    no expert , so quiet possible . little brown fella , black tip on tail


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    wexandproud wrote: »
    no expert , so quiet possible . little brown fella , black tip on tail

    Yes, black tip = Stoat.
    And we don't have weasels here. Although all part of the Weasel or Mustela family,

    A weasel is weasely recognised while a Stoat is stoately different.


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    wexandproud
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    Vaughn Famous Recipe wrote: »
    Yes, black tip = Stoat.
    And we don't have weasels here. Although all part of the Weasel or Mustela family,

    A weasel is weasely recognised while a Stoat is stoately different.

    thanks for that . learn something every day .
    I always heard them being referred to as weasels by farmers and I just presumed it to be so .
    haven't heard of Mink been seen in a long time down here . no harm i suppose I believe they cause havoc


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    bobbysands81
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    wexandproud wrote: »
    thanks for that . learn something every day .
    I always heard them being referred to as weasels by farmers and I just presumed it to be so .
    haven't heard of Mink been seen in a long time down here . no harm i suppose I believe they cause havoc

    Seen a mink around Piercestown (beside St Martin’s) almost 3 years ago now.


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    wexandproud
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    bobbysands81 wrote: »
    Seen a mink around Piercestown (beside St Martin’s) almost 3 years ago now.
    its been at least that since i heard them mentioned , there was a huge problem with them years ago when there was a mink farm on the south slob and some , i'll call them ''activists '', [anti fur farm or something] iirc broke in and released a lot of them


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