Roughly six years ago I saw a male pheasant in East Windsor a couple miles east of the Flaherty Field Trials area - in the spring, as I recall. From the location, I knew it was a release.
Michael Santner
Westfield, MA
On Mon, May 22, 2023, at 4:04 PM Bianca Beland via CT Birds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org wrote:
Hi Mark,
For those who aren’t aware, the state stocks RNPH at approximately 38
wildlife management and privately owned areas for hunting purposes.
“Residual” males have been found after hunting season closes for them -
personally I’ve seen them at the Lower Greenwoods (MDC New Hartford)
stocking site in the spring in New Hartford/Barkhamsted.
For more info and a list of stocking sites, visit:
https://portal.ct.gov/deep/hunting/pheasant-hunting
Bianca Beland
Canton, CT
On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 8:27 PM Mark Aronson via CTBirds <
ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
While walking the southern section of the Tidal Marsh Trail which starts
in North Haven behind the Target store, I heard the distinct old car horn,
two note call of what in my Rolodex of bird calls sounded like Ring Necked
Pheasant. (My ears, not Merlin’s.) I heard it call twice but in the dense
ticket I never found a bird, nor could I record it. Least Bittern can sort
of kind of maybe, make a similar call note, I think, maybe? For sure
bittern occurs in the marsh, but I heard this bird in grassy thicket woods,
not marsh. My memory heard pheasant.
Am I not thinking of something else? Ideas?
Mark Aronson
New Haven
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Roughly six years ago I saw a male pheasant in East Windsor a couple miles east of the Flaherty Field Trials area - in the spring, as I recall. From the location, I knew it was a release.
Michael Santner
Westfield, MA
On Mon, May 22, 2023, at 4:04 PM Bianca Beland via CT Birds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
Hi Mark,
For those who aren’t aware, the state stocks RNPH at approximately 38
wildlife management and privately owned areas for hunting purposes.
“Residual” males have been found after hunting season closes for them -
personally I’ve seen them at the Lower Greenwoods (MDC New Hartford)
stocking site in the spring in New Hartford/Barkhamsted.
For more info and a list of stocking sites, visit:
https://portal.ct.gov/deep/hunting/pheasant-hunting
Bianca Beland
Canton, CT
On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 8:27 PM Mark Aronson via CTBirds <
ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
> While walking the southern section of the Tidal Marsh Trail which starts
> in North Haven behind the Target store, I heard the distinct old car horn,
> two note call of what in my Rolodex of bird calls sounded like Ring Necked
> Pheasant. (My ears, not Merlin’s.) I heard it call twice but in the dense
> ticket I never found a bird, nor could I record it. Least Bittern can sort
> of kind of maybe, make a similar call note, I think, maybe? For sure
> bittern occurs in the marsh, but I heard this bird in grassy thicket woods,
> not marsh. My memory heard pheasant.
>
> Am I not thinking of something else? Ideas?
>
> Mark Aronson
> New Haven
> O.R.O.C.
>
> CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing
> birders together statewide. Please support COA:
> https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/
> CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For
> list rules and subscription information visit:
> https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/
