Wierd looking pheasant

becky · « **on:** December 22, 2006, 18:20 »

Hello, have a small question. Today I saw a really wierd looking pheasant. It had a really long beak, and wasn't the normal colours, quite blue around the head area. I know they are normally a bit dim, but this one nearly let us pick it up. Could it be an escapee, I know some people keep the fancy types, as pets, or whatever. Any ideas???

muntjac · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2006, 20:22 »

maybe a blue eared pheasant , with a little more detail i could help maybe .. size .tail length was it blue all over its head or white bar around its throat area?

muntjac · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2006, 20:26 »

meant to add .if you had mangaed to catch it you had a bird worth about £150- £200 ,and it would be able to breed with a cheaper silver amhurst ,resulting eggs £40 each .chicks £75 hens cocks £100 approx before avian flu worries

becky · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2006, 22:20 »

OOOOooooo, I shall go back tomorrow, and see if it is still around, unless Mr Fox gets there first!! It was just the head end that was blue, I didn't see a ring around the neck, the beak was quite curved, much longer and pale in colour and going to a finer point than a bog standard pheasant, it looked bigger than the normal pheasants that I get on the plot. The tail was obviously long but looked like a normal pheasants tail, maybe a bit paler. If I get the * I will deffinately let you know!!!

muntjac · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2006, 22:22 »

ok my instincts tell me its a blue eared one ,if you google for it you may see it in picture format

shaun · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2006, 08:31 »

sounds like a heron becky

becky · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2006, 09:41 »

Your spidey senses were wrong I am affraid. Blue eared pheasant it weren't! I shall go back today to see if the heron!/pheasant is still there, to get a pic!

muntjac · « **Reply #7 on:** December 29, 2006, 23:19 »

any news on the phea/eron becky?

becky · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2006, 12:37 »

No luck, I am affraid. I looked and looked but he must have gone somewhere else for Christmas! If I do see the beauty again, I shall certainly have a good go at catching him. Never mind eh.

muntjac · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2006, 12:48 »

did it look like this ? top picture

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.chuodaigaku.net/images/Aosagi1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.chuodaigaku.net/birds/herons.htm&h=480&w=640&sz=66&hl=en&start=10&tbnid=KNwM3Tsx4DP8IM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Denglish%2Bgrey%2Bheron%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DISO-8859-1%26sa%3DN

shaun · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2006, 13:30 »

or did it look like this

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