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- Thread starter littleowl
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Falcon
DV8
- Location
- So. California
Yep! They stick together until death do they part. Very loyal.
That Guy
Homegrown Unknown
- Location
- Monterey Bay
Swans are MEAN!
Jillaroo
Demented
- Location
- Mid North Coast NSW Australia
Beautiful photo Little Owl :hatlaugh1:
Davey Jones
Well-known Member
- Location
- Florida
These guys also mate for life,go near these guys and the male will attack you.(sandhill cranes)
Pappy
Living the Dream
Here you go Davey:
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That Guy
Homegrown Unknown
- Location
- Monterey Bay
Which begs the question, Why did the sandhill crane cross the road???
RedRibbons
Sweet and Sassy
- Location
- South, USA
Sea, how sweet!
That Guy
Homegrown Unknown
- Location
- Monterey Bay
Was the ugly duckling mixed up with swans? Now, that was love to raise the little guy.
Female pheasants are the worst mothers to their chicks. Where I used to live in a very rural area a female pheasant hatched her chicks on the grass verge beside the road. As I was walking past a low flying RAF plane startled the mother pheasant and she disappeared into the undergrowth leaving her young chicks to fend for themselves. I tried to shoo them into the undergrowth too, but several were killed by passing traffic.
Talking of pheasants, I had a very weird experience with a male pheasant about three years ago at our previous property. I went for a walk in the riverside meadow beside our home one afternoon. The meadow is used to breed pheasants for shooting purposes. Normally when you pass any of the birds they fly away from you, which they all did on that day apart from one bird. It came running up to me and began chatting in pheasant speak! I was astounded, especially as it accompanied me on my walk and all the way home! I would have thought I was imagining the incident if my husband hadn't witnessed the pheasant walking down the drive with me. I went inside and had a cuppa, the bird was still there about an hour later, peeking in through the patio doors. I took a photo of the bird as the event was so remarkable. Several days later I was walking through the meadow again when my pheasant spotted me from the far side of the river, it ran across the bridge and greeted me again, all the other pheasants had run or flown away. It didn't walk me home that time. There was a pheasant shoot the next day, and I never saw my birdie friend again, it would have been sad if it had been shot.
Talking of pheasants, I had a very weird experience with a male pheasant about three years ago at our previous property. I went for a walk in the riverside meadow beside our home one afternoon. The meadow is used to breed pheasants for shooting purposes. Normally when you pass any of the birds they fly away from you, which they all did on that day apart from one bird. It came running up to me and began chatting in pheasant speak! I was astounded, especially as it accompanied me on my walk and all the way home! I would have thought I was imagining the incident if my husband hadn't witnessed the pheasant walking down the drive with me. I went inside and had a cuppa, the bird was still there about an hour later, peeking in through the patio doors. I took a photo of the bird as the event was so remarkable. Several days later I was walking through the meadow again when my pheasant spotted me from the far side of the river, it ran across the bridge and greeted me again, all the other pheasants had run or flown away. It didn't walk me home that time. There was a pheasant shoot the next day, and I never saw my birdie friend again, it would have been sad if it had been shot.
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Jillaroo
Demented
- Location
- Mid North Coast NSW Australia
That sounds very much like that bird may have been someones pet the way it followed you home
Rainee
Member
Beautiful photo Little Owl and also Sea breeze I just so love those big birds so graceful.. thanks for sharing them.. 
I very much doubt that, people don't keep pheasants as pets, certainly not where we lived.