For several years recently we had a pheasant rooster in our little
neighborhood, close to the river in Milwaukie (Jennings Lodge). He would call
regularly from the large field behind our next door neighbor’s house, such a
familiar sound from my childhood (1950s) in Aloha, Oregon where the pheasants
were abundant. We saw him on a number of times, walking through our front yard
and the yards of our close neighbors. Sadly, we have not seen or heard him in
the past year.
Susie Deagle
On Jan 9, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Dennis Vroman <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
RN Pheasants are pretty much history in the Grants Pass part of the Rogue
Valley. I managed to find a rooster last year, but if this fellow is dead,
he might be the end of them. GP CBC data tells the story. Will keep looking
for my 2016 Jo Co list, but not hopeful. Pheasants have been replaced by the
Turkey here.
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Contreras <mailto:acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
To: OBOL <mailto:obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 11:09 AM
Subject: [obol] Pheasants
Thinking about the miscellaneous chickens of e Oregon reminds me that the
status of Ring-necked Pheasant in western Oregon has changed a lot in the
past 25 years. I’d be interested to hear from observers in various parts of
w. Oregon regarding whether there are ANY self-sustaining populations of
pheasant west of the Cascades.
On Sunday I will be birding Baskett and Ankeny with Matthew Schneider so I
can seek my own resplendent resident pleasant pheasants.
Alan Contreras
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