Elliot's Pheasant

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, Gull Lake, Michigan.

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palomino (patsy) says:

wow...i thought our pheasants were pretty...this one is gorgeous...do you know where it comes from...??? this must be a hen because of the egg...maybe!!!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

candyruth says:

What a great shot!! Love the colorful pheasant against the muted background. And the egg is the icing on the cake...so to speak!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Yeah, that egg. I gave some thought to editing it out of the picture.

This bird's pretty clearly a male; there were other, less showy, birds in the pen with it. Not really sure what the story is with the egg. Elsewhere on the grounds I got attacked by a swan that was protecting its nest, and was warned away by several geese, but these birds didn't really appear to be nesting.

Pal: It's a Chinese native. While the Sanctuary's mostly host to thousands of Michigan-native water birds and passers-through, there's a section devoted to what the tour map calls "upland game-birds," both native and exotic; most of them are very pretty, in a surprising variety of ways.

Not sure how the sanctuary came to collect the exotics, but they've had them as long as I can remember (50 years, give or take). They always used to have several peacocks (& hens), but didn't see any of those today.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Canis Major says:

Lovely bird, nicely captured here. Why, when pheasants can fly do they insist on walking across busy roads??
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

jamespcullen says:

Great capture fantastic colours and detail
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

gmkamm says:

Wonderful photo. Nice colors.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Stavenn says:

Beautiful bird ! Great shot

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Phasianidae: Grouse, pheasants and partridges, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Keith@Worldbirds says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Friends Of Worldbirds, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Brilliant
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

OzPob says:

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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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