I spotted this handsome fellow at the side of the road on my way home from the store. A Pheasant and yes, just in time for hunting season. The sad truth is that these beautiful birds are raised and released by a hunt club ... raised for the sport of the kill. And, even if they do manage to avoid the hunters bullet, they have been raised and fed in a pen and don't have a clue how to survive in the wild. Some end up road kill, others are prey for the coyote and fox. Something about this makes my heart hurt ...
Andrea
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10 comments:
A wonderful bird.
Ah, makes my heart ache, too! How, why do people do this???
Lovely to see...
It should make our hearts hurt.
I really, really don't understand the 'sport' of killing. And on such an uneven playing field as well.
Great photos of a beautiful bird. I'm sure it is more beautiful alive than dead!!
What a beauty! Such lovely colours in the green field.
I had one that flew up in front of me the other week. We have, more or less, the same situation in Sweden. Love your shots :)
Beautiful birds...such wonderful photos!
he is a beauty. I can image he woruld be good to do an astract edit on!!
Beautiful bird!
I hope the hunters eat what they kill.
Sad that they cannot survive in the wild.
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