[va-richmond-general] Re: Ringneck Pheasant
- From: "Elliott Krash" <ell.krash@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wealding@xxxxxxx>, <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>, <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:47:33 -0400
Hi Wendy and Bob,
Interestingly enough, the ring necks were daily visitors in our yard in
Upcountry Maui where they were also an introduced species. As we were high
on the side of the volcano, during hunting season they were especially
numerous at our elevation, about 500-1000' lower than the designated hunting
areas from there to the summit!
Elliott Krash
From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wendy Ealding
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 7:26 PM
To: bob@xxxxxxxxxx; va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Ringneck Pheasant
Bob
Ring-necked Pheasants are not considered countable in Virginia because the
ones that we occasionally see are birds that have been released by private
landowners for hunting (this used to be a common practice at Curles Neck).
They are not able to maintain their population. I have seen them
occasionally here in Powhatan (even in a field at the end of my street) and
also at Amelia WMA. I contacted VDGIF about the one at Amelia WMA and was
told that VDGIF has not released them for many years.
Wendy Ealding
Powhatan
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Coles <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Richmond birding <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 7:19 pm
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Ringneck Pheasant
Yesterday (Sunday 10/04/09 between 3:30-4PM) Gena and I saw a Ringneck
Pheasant along the East side of Route 522 about 6-7-miles south of Culpeper,
VA.
It was in the grass along the road next to a soybean field. When we went
back for a better look it retreated into the soybeans.
Are they more common in that part of the state?
Bob
Bob Coles
bob@xxxxxxxxxx
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