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Friday 28 December 2012

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Drizzling, although it showed 9 mm on my rain gauge. Never mind, here are the pictures Pheasant, trying to hide away, he is not very clever!!!!!!




39 comments:

  1. A beautiful pheasant..really nice shots!
    Happy New Year!!

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  2. Beautiful one! And yes, he seems to be hiding away :)

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  3. Wow so different in coloring than our native ringnecks. Nice!

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  4. wow! he's beautiful
    the bare branches add to the shots

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  5. Bob, Lovely bird! Well captured!

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  6. Love the last one Bob.
    He'd hide well in snow.

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  7. hij kruipt gelukkig voor jou achter een dun takje ,anders had je niet veel.

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  8. A nich sobie myśli, że się schował. Ty i tak zrobiłeś mu śliczne zdjęcia. Pozdrawiam.
    And one thinks that he hid. You and so did his beautiful pictures. Yours.

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  9. With plumage like that he would better hiding in the snow. I would swap that for the pathetic rain we keep getting

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  10. Nice pictures of Common Pheashant.. Cheers!!!

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  11. Poor creatures, they hunt them so much!

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  12. A great catch with this one!!

    Happy New Year, dear Bob and be always so gifted!!!

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  13. that cravat is very fine!


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  14. Pretty details on the Pheasant. Great captures, Bob! Wish you all the best in 2013 and Happy New Years!

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  15. Very nice photos.
    Wish you a Happy New Year!
    From Hilda

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  16. Beautiful photos.
    Wish you a Happy New Year!
    From Hilda

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  17. What a beautiful series this is, Bob!
    Magnificent bird, and the detail you have captured in the feathers is just wonderful.
    Happy New Year to you!

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  18. Lovelly bird, great shot you got. I wish you a very nice 2013 full of good observation and photos ;-)

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  19. What a beauty!
    I am thankful for it!

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  20. Amazing captures, Bob! The beauty about photographing birds is that they don't mind the rain. It is like a free shower for them. LOL! Love your photos!

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  21. je découvre cet oiseau que je trouve d'une élégance...

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  22. What a brilliant looking bird, and the last image is also brilliant Bob. Happy weekend~

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  23. What a beautiful series this is, Bob!
    I can not choose, they are all great.
    Have a nice day, Irma

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  24. Gorgeous & brilliantly colored bird. Great picture.

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  25. Bob, I wish you a great 2013!
    And may we continue to share moments :))
    A big hug friend.
    Laura.

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  26. Stunning shots. We do not have this species.

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  27. ahhhaah si forse pensava di nascondersi dietro a due rametti...ma il tuo obiettivo lo ha ripreso stupendamente! ciao Cri : )

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  28. love the background in the photos, must be interesting to be a bird watcher!

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  29. Hi Bob
    amazing shots greetings from spain
    i wish a merry Christmas¡¡

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  30. Wow!Beautiful bird Bob,and nice colors!Amazing shots and photos!Have a lovely evening!
    Dimi..

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  31. your photos PROVE that this pheasant is NOT so very common!! =)

    gorgeous!!

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  32. The pheasants have with you all colors other than us. Here they are brown with a blue head and with you I see very different beautiful colors :-)

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  33. Que maravilha! Como de costume...que cores!

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