Sad ... stilled life with fallen leaves
This is a hen pheasant I found dead on the verge. These birds are
mostly bred and raised in captivity and released into the wild in the
autumn. They are then shot by hunters for... umm... sport. A few do
escape and breed in the wild. I had several in my garden through the
summer and I have seen hens with up to 12 chicks in tow.
It is currently hunting season. I am not sure whether this bird was
damaged by hunters, by local foxes or a passing car.
Comments and faves
Bev Draper (67 months ago | reply)
A nice shot - but very poignant - yes some people have a strange concept of what constitutes "sport".
aycasan (67 months ago | reply)
yazık ya..-(((
sezohanim (67 months ago | reply)
drapes68: I am a biologist and accept death as the biological imperative. But I do have difficulty with breeding animals so we can kill them for fun ;-((
aycasan: Evet, çok yazık ;-((
ktylerconk (67 months ago | reply)
Beautifully shot, but it is very sad.
The old pond (67 months ago | reply)
so sad. this is a classical still life, "nature morte".
a beautiful tribute to the ways of life.
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sezohanim (67 months ago | reply)
Kathy, yes it is a shame. Increasingly, I find myself unable to ignore things like this. I agree with James Baldwin that you have to face things you want to change.
bluegallery: Thank you for the comment and fave. I thought it was very sad and very beautiful, reminiscent of European still lives.
Hulya in Portland (66 months ago | reply)
yagli boya bir tablo gibi, konusu karanlik oldugu kadar, renkler guzel ve kompozisyonla birlikte huzurlu bir resim olmus. eline saglik!
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sezohanim (66 months ago | reply)
Çok teşekkürler, Hülya. Beğendiğine memnun oldum.
fulcrumdb1 (Daraious Billimoria) (66 months ago | reply)
That is so very sad! I am glad you took the picture (which is beautifully done) and posted the story along with it. In this day and age when most of us don't really have to hunt for food, this is such unnecessary killing :-(
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trishaaristead (65 months ago | reply)
Very sad. We get many in this area dead on the roads where motorists won't even slow down for a second. If it had been the fox there would be nothing left, so much more likely to be a car. How can anyone class killing them as sport!
Jordan K Fuller (63 months ago | reply)
this is very sad but what a great shot! hunting is so awful