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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_18363_31430506.1214228276889 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Boutilier's Point has had many pheasants ever since I moved here twelve years ago, and neighbors tell me for many more before that. Many of us put cracked corn and they do make those feeding spots regular stops on their rounds. This year a few times I've followed a strange buzzing sound to find two males squaring off. They can't seem to leave each other alone. Haven't seen any young ones yet though. On 6/23/08, Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote: > > Paul S. Boyer wrote: > >> Someone once told me that the Chester area is where pheasants were >> introduced, and we saw many there in 1999. We never saw any on our property >> in Seabright (St. Margaret's Bay) until this year. >> >> On Jun 22, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Don MacNeill wrote: >> >> On my Square at Mahone Bay there are pheasants everywhere I go. You can >>> hear them calling and see them quite often. >>> >>> Don >>> >>> Don MacNeill >>> donmacneill@eastlink.ca >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Paul S. Boyer" <psboyer@eastlink.ca> >>> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >>> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:46 PM >>> Subject: [NatureNS] Ring-necked Pheasant >>> >>> >>> A male and a female Ring-necked Pheasant were seen 21 Jun crossing Hwy >>> 333 at French Village. A pheasant male was earlier seen at Seabright, >>> HRM, and has been heard calling frequently. >>> >>> Male pheasant was seen morning of 22 Jun crossing 215 south of >>> Summerville in Hants Co. >>> >>> A male pheasant was seen on the Aspotogan Peninsula near Northwest >>> Cove during the recent "Ride the Lobster" unicycle race. >>> >>> My impression is that pheasants are more common than they were a few >>> years ago. It is possible that they make it through the winter on >>> handouts from bird feeders. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> I have had visits from many pheasants every winter over the past 30 years > at my Seabright home!! > > Eleanor Lindsay > ------=_Part_18363_31430506.1214228276889 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Boutilier's Point has had many pheasants ever since I moved here twelve years ago, and neighbors tell me for many more before that. Many of us put cracked corn and they do make those feeding spots regular stops on their rounds. </div> <div> </div> <div>This year a few times I've followed a strange buzzing sound to find two males squaring off. They can't seem to leave each other alone. </div> <div> </div> <div>Haven't seen any young ones yet though.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/23/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eleanor Lindsay</b> <az678@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Paul S. Boyer wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Someone once told me that the Chester area is where pheasants were introduced, and we saw many there in 1999. We never saw any on our property in Seabright (St. Margaret's Bay) until this year.<br> <br>On Jun 22, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Don MacNeill wrote:<br><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On my Square at Mahone Bay there are pheasants everywhere I go. You can<br>hear them calling and see them quite often.<br> <br>Don<br><br>Don MacNeill<br>donmacneill@eastlink.ca
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From: "Paul S. Boyer" <psboyer@eastlink.ca><br> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br>Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:46 PM<br>Subject: [NatureNS] Ring-necked Pheasant<br> <br><br>A male and a female Ring-necked Pheasant were seen 21 Jun crossing Hwy<br>333 at French Village. A pheasant male was earlier seen at Seabright,<br>HRM, and has been heard calling frequently.<br><br>Male pheasant was seen morning of 22 Jun crossing 215 south of<br> Summerville in Hants Co.<br><br>A male pheasant was seen on the Aspotogan Peninsula near Northwest<br>Cove during the recent "Ride the Lobster" unicycle race.<br><br>My impression is that pheasants are more common than they were a few<br> years ago. It is possible that they make it through the winter on<br>handouts from bird feeders.<br><br><br></blockquote><br><br><br></blockquote>I have had visits from many pheasants every winter over the past 30 years at my Seabright home!!<br> <span class="sg"><br>Eleanor Lindsay<br></span></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_18363_31430506.1214228276889--
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