Golden Pheasant or Chinese pheasant
(Chrysolophus pictus) Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, Tx.
"It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China, but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.[3] In England they may be found in East Anglia in the dense forest landscape of the Breckland as well as Tresco on the Isles of Scilly." (Wikipedia)
I have been fascinated by these birds ever since I saw one as a youth. I can't imagine people wanting to shoot and eat one, but the same is true for "our" Ring-necked Pheasant.... As one who loves to eat chicken and turkey, I fully realize that my values here are in all-out-conflict!
Golden Pheasant or Chinese pheasant
(Chrysolophus pictus) Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, Tx.
"It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China, but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.[3] In England they may be found in East Anglia in the dense forest landscape of the Breckland as well as Tresco on the Isles of Scilly." (Wikipedia)
I have been fascinated by these birds ever since I saw one as a youth. I can't imagine people wanting to shoot and eat one, but the same is true for "our" Ring-necked Pheasant.... As one who loves to eat chicken and turkey, I fully realize that my values here are in all-out-conflict!