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    Communities > Forums > Bird Identification
    Forum: Bird IdentificationReplies: 3, Views: 38
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    1cthu5
    Valparaiso, IN

    November 3, 2012 9:57 AM

    Post #9323619

    a friend saw this in his yard in Michigan last night. about the size of a football. red eye rings, red talon. What is it? Is it young or adult? It let him approach it.

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    Resin

    Resin
    Northumberland
    United Kingdom (Zone 9a)

    November 3, 2012 1:51 PM

    Post #9323737

    Silver Pheasant, female. Escaped from a zoo (from southeast Asia originally).

    Resin
    1cthu5
    Valparaiso, IN

    November 3, 2012 2:35 PM

    Post #9323768

    thank you. don't know how it got in a neighborhood yard, unless they are pretty common now. wonder if he'll cook it for Thanksgiving.
    DonnaB
    Vancleave, MS (Zone 8b)

    November 3, 2012 4:11 PM

    Post #9323839

    lots of people raise exotic Pheasants in the states
    see this website http://www.gbwf.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=17&sid=020553cb1b...

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    CLOSED: can anybody ID this bird (#2) lilyfantn 15 Dec 12, 2009 2:52 AM
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    CLOSED: This was in a field across from my house in north Jersey ago wilkins2 2 Mar 11, 2007 12:18 PM


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