pheasant phasianus colchicus

A young bird I think.

They like to hang out in the allotments where there's lots of cover.

Just a bit of fun but I must admit I quite like the way this Pheasant hiding turned out.

Not a lot of meat on this one Lol!

A No.1 hit in 28 countries apparently, but not in the UK!

2 of 2 The Pheasants at the feeding station are wary and never come close if there are a lot of people about but if you stand still and are silent they sometimes come quite close.

It ignored my completely but the light wasn't great and these were lots of twigs. Off to look for Tawny Owls and Goshawks this morning.

Flushed her while chasing Whiethroats and fired off a couple of shots. Was surprised this one was sharp. Off to Eastern Sweden this evening to celebrate a double 50th birthday party so no more posts until Monday.

This is the last image in this short series. After all the other pheasants had disappeared I saw this one standing all alone looking a bit bemused. It stood still though so was easy to photograph.

Maybe a bit corny but I quite like this image of the bird running towards the flowers.

More of a group photo than the last one...

I noticed these birds crossing the path while trying, and failing, to photograph Goldcrests. When I went up the path to investigate, the mother bird flew off and then the father bird ran off up the hill at an incredible speed leaving these youngsters to fend for themselves. I took a few pictures...

OK, I've seen better pheasant shots but this is the first of mine that I thought worth posting in the gallery. :-) Here's the link to the holiday report in case anyone who's interested missed it yesterday. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=118618

Male ring-necked pheasant in woodland setting near Dunkeld