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<a href="../200806/11684.htm This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C8D081.3F0F8740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Dorothy - I never heard the name "red golden pheasants" - amy references I = have found have been simply "golden pheasants". One or two pictures do = show what appears to be red on their chest, so I suspect it is the same = bird. If I run into one of the fellows from Cape Island I will ask them = about the birds. I have a hunch they all know about them, but for some = reason don't want to say much about them. Roland. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dorothy=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:25 AM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Golden Pheasant Hi Roland: A number of years ago, there were quite a few bird fanciers on CSI. = If you mean Red Golden Pheasants, there were a number of them around. I = had a pair during that same time, and it wasn't illegal to keep them. My = pair nested but weren't good about sitting on the eggs, and I eventually = sold them. They were certainly beautiful. =20 Dorothy Woods Harbour =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- I have heard a report that says there are two golden pheasants - = probably male and female - wandering around on Cape Sable Island. I = think the birds are native of China, and I think it is illegal to keep = them in NS. I believe the birds are often found in apiaras and places = were numbers of rare birds are kept. Can anyone enlighten me about = golden pheasants in general and the birds on Cape Island in particular. =20 Roland. ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C8D081.3F0F8740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=3DGENERATOR><!--[if !mso]> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } o\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } w\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } .shape { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } </STYLE> <![endif]--><o:SmartTagType name=3D"country-region"=20 namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType=20 name=3D"PlaceType"=20 namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType=20 name=3D"PlaceName"=20 namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType=20 name=3D"place"=20 namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><!--[if !mso]> <STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <![endif]--> <STYLE> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </STYLE> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD> <BODY lang=3DEN-US vLink=3Dpurple link=3Dblue bgColor=3Dwhite> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Dorothy -</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I never = heard the=20 name "red golden pheasants" - amy references I have found have been = simply=20 "golden pheasants". One or two pictures do show what appears = to be=20 red on their chest, so I suspect it is the same bird. If I run into one = of the=20 fellows from Cape Island I will ask them about the birds. I have a hunch = they=20 all know about them, but for some reason don't want to say much about=20 them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddort@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:dort@ns.sympatico.ca">Dorothy</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 17, 2008 = 8:25=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] Golden=20 Pheasant</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=3DSection1> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi=20 Roland:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A number of = years=20 ago, there were quite a few bird fanciers on CSI. If you mean = Red Golden=20 Pheasants, there were a number of them around. I had a pair = during that=20 same time, and it wasn=92t illegal to keep them. My pair nested but = weren=92t good=20 about sitting on the eggs, and I eventually sold them. They were = certainly beautiful.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Dorothy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName = w:st=3D"on"><FONT=20 face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Woods</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT=20 face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> = <st1:PlaceType=20 w:st=3D"on">Harbour</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT = face=3DArial=20 color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" = align=3Dcenter><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=3D-1 align=3Dcenter width=3D"100%" SIZE=3D2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> = I have=20 heard a report that says there are two golden pheasants - probably = male and=20 female - wandering around on Cape Sable Island. I think the birds are = native=20 of <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20 w:st=3D"on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and I think it is = illegal to=20 keep them in NS. I believe the birds are often found in apiaras and = places=20 were numbers of rare birds are kept. Can anyone enlighten me = about=20 golden pheasants in general and the birds on <st1:place=20 w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Cape</st1:PlaceType> = <st1:PlaceType=20 w:st=3D"on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in=20 particular.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Roland.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BOD= Y></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C8D081.3F0F8740--
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