Let the last batch go

[nytrapper23]

Last batch is gone.this batch was really a nice looking bunch of birds.

[nytrapper23]

Action photo ;D

[nytrapper23]

Some just don't want to go

[determinator]

Go to the light, little guys...go to the light!

[michigantrapper]

nice looking birds for sure there nice pictures.

[yooperdug]

Those are hen pheasants,right?

[determinator]

I think that they're just really young birds, so they all look brown, like hens, until they get their adult coloration. Nytrapper23 can verify, whether or not, but I'm pretty sure.

[nytrapper23]

Your right determinator.they were both roosters and hens there its just hard to tell in the pics.the one that wouldn't go , hiding in the weeds is a rooster.

[nytrapper23]

If you look at the pic where they are just coming out of the crate the one flying is a rooster the one sitting on the ground is a hen.look at his head its starting to get that green color.

[determinator]

As a kid, I'd stalk the nearby field, looking for pheasants. That was in the late '60's and early 70's. I'd write in a notebook what I saw, male or female, and how many. I remember the day that I saw a brood of little pheasants, much smaller than those in the pics above. That was the only time that I ever saw those little guys, a rare sighting. I used to collect their feathers, too. But, there no longer are pheasants around here like there used to be, so, they only call out, and burst upward in my memories of yesterday.

[nytrapper23]

There are starting to be more around here.I saw a batch of little ones about 3 wks ago,there were 13 young ones.I haven't seen any young ones in years ,let alone that many.