4.10.2006

pheasant revolt


So at about this time of the evening, I can usually see a pair of fat pheasants gobbling down the grass seed I've carefully raked into the bare earth. Tommorrow, it will have been a week since I planted it. Wonder if there's any left to come up. Now that I've intruded into their territory, I wonder where those pheasants are hiding during the day. Ringnecked pheasants are originally immigrants from China, first introduced to the Willamette Valley of Oregon in 1881. Mine are not FOBs either—they have been on the island for generations.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow, how cool. My family was introduced to the Willamette Valley shortly after the ring-necked pheasant as well. Really.