[Vision2020] Pheasants

[lfalen]

I haven't seen as  many Pheasants this year as normal, but we do have a lot of Quail and smaller birds. I have even seen few Humming birds and Bobwhites. I will ask Maynard Fosberg who lives at Mountain View and D in Moscow what the birds have been like at his place this year.
Roger
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From: "Saundra Lund" sslund_2007 at verizon.net
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:57:30 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Pheasants

> Visionaries:
> 
> I know we've got some other folks here who enjoy *watching* birds, so I
> thought I'd ask y'all:  have you noticed any changes in your local pheasant
> populations?
> 
> In spite of the wretched hawks (to those of you who enjoy raptor visits,
> send me your physical addresses and I'll direct them your way!) that decided
> to plague me this past winter, the bird population in my neighborhood seemed
> to have weathered the harsh winter well.  Of course, I about killed myself
> keeping my feeding stations & the paths to & from them open, but that's
> another topic  :-)
> 
> Anyway, in the Spring, it seemed as though our bird populations for this
> neighborhood were pretty typical.
> 
> However, over the past many weeks (probably two months or longer), I've not
> seen a single hen, which has never happened in all the years we've lived in
> this neighborhood.  Also, the male population seems to be decreased but not
> eliminated.  At various times in previous years, we've seen no pheasants for
> short periods, but we've never had an extended period such as this where no
> hens pheasants have been spotted.
> 
> On another bird note, we've not had any quail broods visit this year, which
> has also never happened in the years we've lived in this neighborhood.
> That's a huge bummer, too.  I did see one brood down towards the south end
> of Mountain View, but that's been the extent of my glimpses of those
> wonderful families this year.
> 
> 
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
> 
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> nothing.
> ~ Edmund Burke
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