Morning suprise....really cool

[SamG347]

Well I woke up this morning...opened my blind to look out onto the birds and what do I see......1 Wild Turk and 4 young wild Pheasants Hanging out on my buff pheasant pen. A few years ago I did let go about 2-3 dozen mongolian strain pheasants. And I would bet money these are some offspring to them. The turkey appeared either like a youngster itself or possibly a hen....but I was still semi asleep and didn't have a pair of binos nearby. It is cool though to see the wild birds come back...especially the pheasants as I'm almost 100% SURE they are the offspring of possibly the offspring of my birds I let go years back. And I also had a pen of bobwhite get out two years ago...and this year have been hearing a TON of calling down in the fields....
GAMEBIRDS...are truly my passion!

 

[tonini3059]

That's good that they are doing so well!! We have coyotes around here and all of the small game disappeared. The coyotes have finally moved on and the last couple days I have seen two turkey moms and a bunch of poults in the yard. It has been a few years since I have seen wild poults running around.

We also had a wild ring neck hang around trying to get on my penned girls. He would just sit on top of the cages.