[Birdtalk] This pegs the 'weirdness' meter

[Jim Lofthouse]

Back in the days when we had wild pheasants, it was not unusual to see pheasants in hawthorn trees in the winter.  They would eat the fruit.  

Jim
http://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/Fall/fall.htm
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Connie McManus 
  To: John Morgan 
  Cc: birdtalk 
  Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 5:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [Birdtalk] This pegs the 'weirdness' meter


  The Weirdness Meter took a reading at my house this AM, too.  I was reading with my back to the window and noticed all the dogs were staring intently out the window --- one of them was quivering with excitement.  So I turned to see what they were looking at and lo and behold, there were 5 ring-necked pheasants perched in the tree in my yard, looking down at all the other birds feasting at the table.  I have never seen pheasants perch in a tree.  I have photos and a vid that will soon be posted




  '... and a partridge, oops, make that a pheasant in the pear tree..."


  ConnieM
  Nibley, Cache, Utah


  On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 3:17 PM, John Morgan <jmorgan480 at comcast.net> wrote:

    Just now looked out my bedroom window to see how the sky looked from that view. Lo and behold.....what the heck....is that a.....swan?.....goose? (flying directly head-on towards my view)....ohmyheck, a single white pelican just came flying by my house near 90th S 22nd W in West Jordan. 100' above ground level.

    I tell you, look out your windows and sometimes you see the strangest things. And at the strangest times.

    John

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