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BR 9F 2-10-0 92214 'Cock o' the North' blasts noisily past Water Ark between Beck Hole and Darnholm with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's 1030 Grosmont-Pickering train. I've heard railway photographers describe this as the 'Ledge of Death Shot'. Reaching this vantage point entails scrambling down a steep, slippery, earth bank in a wood and perching on a narrow platform above a sheer drop to Eller Beck of about 60 feet. A head for heights is essential!
Explored Feb 21, 2019 #37
This is a quick shot taken through our kitchen window. With the relatively dry winter, the pheasants reared for shooting on the local farms have been ranging far and wide and it is common to see both pheasants and French partridges roaming around the roads and gardens in the village. This particular cock bird comes into our garden every morning for when I fill the seed and ground feeders. He is becoming quite tame and hopefully I will be able to post some better shots as he gets used to me.
Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) are large, long-tailed game birds. The males have rich chestnut, golden-brown and black markings on their bodies and tails, with a dark green head and red face wattling. Females are mottled with paler brown and black.
They were introduced to the UK long ago (allegedly by the Romans) and more recent introductions have brought in a variety of races and breeds for sport shooting. Many thousands of these birds are bred each year for sport (shooting) at a cost of around £15/bird to rear and then on top of that there is the shooting cost. Interestingly, the farmers here in the UK get around 10p/bird when selling them to a game dealer.
Food: Seeds, grains, shoots and insects
Length: 53-89cm
Wingspan: 70-90cm
Weight:1,000-1,700g male),
750-1,200g (female)
A cock pheasant in full breeding plumage strutting his way through the bracken on Chimney Bank, Rosedale
Cock Pheasants squaring up to each other although this encounter ended peacefully with just a bit of posturing before one decided to walk away.
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A traditional cock fighting with a twist in Bali - they do not need to fight to the death. Just force the opponent out of the ring.
--some fool called me "retired" the other day. I set him straight--my new career as "Marine Salvage Counsultant" is well under way and doing quite well, thank you very much.
Pressed for further details, I'll admit that the the title "professional beachcomber" was another euphemism for these endeavors.
Regardless, every trip we take, we find something, and usually make some friends. The approach is always important--the initial body language sets the tone of the encounter. The long beach between you, sun at your back, sizing up the approach--a happy tail wag is the gesture that lets you know, everything is all right.
As my wife and I made our way home from a little trip to Blanchland we were greeted by a few of these guys (also known as a Rooster!) wandering about and parading themselves along the walls and fences of a nearby farm.
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Tungsten Carbide cock ring, stepped dome with hammered cut and center groove. 14 karat rose gold and black ion plated.
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