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.

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/

Please note that there are no longer self sustaining populations of ring-necked pheasant in Connecticut.  The pheasant has been removed from checklists when doing surveys or Christmas/Summer Bird Counts as a viable species.   Jay KaplanCanton -----Original Message----- From: Bianca Beland via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> To: Mark Aronson <markaronson@gmail.com> Cc: birdlist <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Mon, May 22, 2023 4:03 pm Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Sound of Pheasant? What else sounds like Ring Necked Pheasant? 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/ 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/

Anyone know why the pheasant populations are no longer self sustaining? Jonathan Green Vernon On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 5:23 PM Jay Kaplan via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Please note that there are no longer self sustaining populations of > ring-necked pheasant in Connecticut. The pheasant has been removed from > checklists when doing surveys or Christmas/Summer Bird Counts as a viable > species. > Jay KaplanCanton > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bianca Beland via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > To: Mark Aronson <markaronson@gmail.com> > Cc: birdlist <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > Sent: Mon, May 22, 2023 4:03 pm > Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Sound of Pheasant? What else sounds like Ring > Necked Pheasant? > > 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/ > > 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/ > > 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/