Tue 31 Oct 2006
Our Feathered Visitor
Now that we’re back on standard time, it’s getting dark already by the time I get home from work. When I pulled in the driveway last night, I scanned the back yard automatically… are any of the local cottontails in sight? Where is Warren? Is Hutch back there tonight? And where is little Haasenpfeffer (for short, I call him Stew)?
No rabbits to be seen, but there was a small dark shape near the birdbath. It didn’t look at all familiar, so I hustled inside and grabbed the binoculars.
It was a male ring-necked pheasant, the first I’ve seen around here for years and definitely the first I’ve seen in our suburban back yard. When this area was rural, they say there were lots of pheasants, but unlike the rabbits, the hawks and other natives, the ring-necks haven’t adapted to the changes.
I called upstairs to Pat, and she hurried down to take a turn looking through the glasses. A few seconds later, the bird got up and walked toward the neighbor’s yard and out of sight.
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Fiona Bun said,
Tue 31 Oct 2006 at 20:02
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