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We live in Central Scotland near farmland and have a pet wild pheasant who comes to the door. He'll come running if he sees food and will take from the hand. He purrs quietly when he's happy.
We have a male Pheasant who we’ve name “Pfeter”, who has trained us to give him Digestive biscuits. He started coming to our back garden a couple of years ago, then got bolder and started appearing at the patio doors. If we don't attend to him quickly enough, he’ll wander around to the front of the house and stare at us through the living room window until we throw him some biscuits. This year, he started bringing a female with him. She was edgy at first, but now she visits on her own and runs about at the patio door. We’ve named her Phoebe. Pfeter also does the purring sound you mentioned, usually when he sees the biscuits in my hand. We live rurally in Aberdeenshire.
In my childhood, well over a half-century ago in rural upstate New York (USA ) a clutch of wild pheasants would visit my parents' garden every winter, to forage among the cornstalks for any grain left in the field at the end of the season. What a thrilling sight it was to watch the cock and its harem -- unafraid, as we simply enjoyed watching them, deliberately left the last of the season's ears for them, and never molested or threatened them. Gradually, however, the area became suburbanized, and, sadly, eventually the pheasants stopped coming. But they remain in my memory as a highlight of my country childhood.
As I was having breakfast this morning one of our two resident pheasants hopped on to the fence and we eyeballed each other for a couple of minutes. Then he called a couple of times, hopped down and had his breakfast, wandered round the garden a bit, called again then went back into the wood. They are such incredibly beautiful and richly coloured birds when you see them close up, I can’t imagine how anyone would want to kill them. We keep them well fed and hope that they won’t be tempted back onto the local shooting estate. Great video Liam, keep them coming.
We have a beautiful, wild male pheasant that visits our farm almost every day for food. I haven’t seen him in a couple of days so I hope he’s ok. I really look forward to seeing him!
We feel very lucky to have a male & female regularly visit our garden (Atherton, Gtr Manchester, UK) We noticed they'd eat the fallen seeds from the bird feeders...so now i regularly scatter a few handfuls of seeds around the garden for them.
I used to raise phesants.My first time was in 1978,and my last time was 1993.I raised around 500 birds in all, 100 at a time.They are great to eat, and are so beautiful.Thanks for the video brother.Tennessee here, a state in the U.S
In the 40s and 50s, I ate and hunted wild ring necks in central Michigan. They are a wonderful bird. Here, their numbers are now non existent in the wild. Agricultural practices have changed, their cover and nesting areas greatly reduced, and coyotes moved in. In the early 60s, I lived in northern Japan. There were a few golden pheasants, called yamadories. A golden pheasant flying in a bright, afternoon sun is magnificently beautiful. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
It saddens me as well that so many factors contribute to their detriment. Coyotes - and of course the overpopulating numbers of humans - can’t help but decimate wild birds and their habitat. In a few more years we’ll be covered over by asphalt, concrete, houses and trash.
Yes, I too am a Michigander who remembers fondly all the pheasants AND Bob White quail in my youth in a quiet suburban, almost rural area. By 30 years ago, they were virtually gone. I heard there was also a disease that affected them here, besides the Big Ag pesticides, herbicides, and coyotes. Shameful how the globalist mega corps, mega industrial farming, are poisoning the wildlife and us!! I live in the rural thumb area, haven't seen or heard a pheasant in many years. No quail in 45 years!
There are wild pheasants where I live. When I walk by them, I don’t realise they are there as they are hidden, but they get so shocked and frighten me because they suddenly make a huge fuss! They come so close I can watch them wandering in the fields. Thank you, it was great to learn more about them.
I find them very elusive, for such big birds. Now you see em, now you don't.. Im glad that where I live it's a protected bird. I hope and think the UK is the exception.
They love to hide under a patch of dried grass or a corn leaf and you can walk up to them then they burst into flight scarring the bejesus out of you. That is what makes them fun to hunt because by then he time you calm down enough that you can shoot they many times are out of shooting range.
Too beautiful to kill or maim, to die a slow painful death!!! They feed in my garden with my pet Guinea fowls. On rare occasions I've tasted each at restaurants but would NEVER EVER eat my pets or pheasants that visit my back door! They're way more beautiful to watch for months than to be killed to savour on my tongue for a few minutes !
I’ve seen videos and heard of occasions where the males are anything BUT elusive! Apparently during “that time of year” they like to viciously ward off intruders from their area. Not just other pheasants. Humans included. But then again, most male animals get rowdy when they get randy…so yeah lol
I thought I knew quite a bit about this bird, but yet again, you have educated me, no matter what the bed is keep the videos coming. They are very much appreciated.
Interesting video. As a train driver in Cornwall and Devon I see a lot of pheasants hanging about on the railway lines. Unfortunately, a lot get killed because they often don't react or react very slowly to the sound of the horn.
Perfect timing! A male pheasant visited my small garden at dawn last week, I believe to eat the sultanas I'd left for the blackbirds. It was enormous and a wonderful visitor.
I’ve got pheasants in my yard everyday I actually plant sunflowers for them I don’t hunt them very often maybe one Or two every couple years if that so that I can manage the numbers properly and don’t kill to many but what a beautiful bird
I love that you present really interesting information without attempting any political indoctrination. I can't watch Chris Packham anymore. Keep it up it's a pleasant change to listen to an honest expert.
@@AShotOfWildlife not really strange ,,, Years ago ,HAWAII had somd bad typhoons that wiped ot many buildings..homes ,farms ,and chicken coops ,, lots of birds survived and went ferrell,, now there are flocks of wild chickens inhabiting a couple of the islands,,, thriving in the enviroment....
Constructive criticism, no disrespect; lose the background noise. The subject & your narration of it is great! The addition of distracting, monotonous & annoying music ruined the vid for me.
here in montana, theres ring necks all over, sorta sad really how they've been introduced so agressively and how theyve rolled over sharptails and other native birds.
Over here in Powder River County I have about 4-5 males (spotted single females/harem groups but they like to hide more). One is getting accustomed to me enough that he'll squawk for bread.
We had a beautiful green pheasant that came to live in the garden, which to our delight was joined by a green female that produced 3 chicks and they ate seed from my hand. Unfortunately all didn't survive more than a year and most pheasants that survive the local shoot seldom live longer than 2 years. Even if they escape from being shot, the pheasant is very vulnerable to predators such as fox and stoats and being a large bird, without being fed, they have difficulty getting through a cold winter.. Another cause of casualties is through road kill, as unlike chickens they have no road sense and cars don't slow down when they see one. They might be dumb, but I still like pheasants and my garden is always a sanctuary for them when the guns start booming.
Fascinating video! I learnt so much! I’m a Brit living in Japan and started seeing them last year. They’re beautiful birds and I have become fascinated in them. I didn’t know the males had multiple partners 😮
Thank you for making this video! Was just curious about pheasants and I don't know why there's not that many of educational videos on pheasant compared to other birds, like pigeons, owls, chicken, etc
If you have ever seen them in the wild you will remember them. Beautiful and fun to watch . Gamey flavor and a little small but not bad eating . The feathers make excellent flys for fishing.
im now 60 years old but when i was a young lad my dad used to take me hunting phesant , he used to take me along a woodland path and drop grain and rasons out of his pocket . after a long walk he would go back the same way and grab one or two by hand ! [ i was gobsmacked to see this ] it was a good twenty years later he let me into the secret of phesant hunting . of course im not going to tell though :)
We have a male pheasant which comes right up to our patio doors. I can open the door and he follows me to a feeding area. He doesn't seem scared but he's ready to go if there's sudden movement. He is often accompanied by four females and we feel very honoured to have them around.
Really love watching your videos you do a wonderful job so interesting and so educational. It’s really good to know someone like you who has such an appreciation of the wonders of nature
I live in South Dakota USA arguably the pheasant Capitol of the US and we have a very large population of truly wild pheasants!! Fun to hunt good to eat!!
We have pheasants in the garden although we are surrounded by fairly open countryside. This year they raised some chicks and they wander around a feed from under the bird feeders. They do go around as a family.
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Hi Liam brilliant video of the pheasants love the way you do your videos keep up the great work and videos just received my shot of wildlife T-shirt very good quality Bernard
Beautiful distinctive bird with a lovely deep taste, what they lack in size they make up for in punch... Bit boney though 🤷🤷 PMSL though at someone else's "Chinese Chicken" comment!! 🤣 🤣
There is a ranch in Argentina that has a population of wild, sustaining pheasants. The ranches are actually called Estancias there. The birds were introduced but were established in the wild. I don't know if they still exist there as it has been some twenty years since my buddy has been down there. The adjoining Estancia is owned by Ted Turner.
Thank You, To A Shot of Wildlife. For that Great explanation of the Tidbits about Pheasants. Although it's been Year's Ago, that I Hunted them Very often. I still really enjoy seeing & Hearing them. In the past they were My favorite Upland Game Bird to Hunt. Thier sudden Bursts of Highly Explosive Energy upon leaving Cover. Use too just fill me with Adrenaline too no End. Man did I Love & Crave that Excitement, too the Point I would get a Nagging, Sensation or Itch on My Neck? Just before they would Flush 🕊️🕊️ & Take Off. They are just awesome amazing Game Bird's, that are also Great Eating Fare as well. Thank You Again.
That’s not correct. Millions of pheasants are released before fall hunting season in much of the northern US both by private conservation clubs and by state DNR departments. Through the 1960’s there were millions of successfully breeding wild pheasants in the northern US plain states that were originally released from trains from the late 1800’s through the 1930’s. Due to changing agricultural practices that no longer leave natural buffer zones, tree wind breaks and such the wild breeding birds have been decimated. “Clean” highly efficient industrial farming has no soft spot for wildlife. In my state hens are drawn to nest in alfalfa fields like magnets. Unfortunately 1st and 2nd cuttings of these fields (for cow feed) destroy virtually 100% of pheasant nests.
im a massive fan of pheasants . i used to go hiking and the first time i saw them i counted 60 on the walk . it was amazing to see and ill forever remember it . i keenly look out for them on car journeys through the countryside . also it was all males i saw , only last year did i see a female for the first time
I just finished painting a ceramic male pheasant that had been sitting around our house for at least 30 years waiting for someone to take the initiative. It turned out ok compared to the drab look before. For a variety of reasons the pheasant had become that one special bird that I was always on the look out for. A few decades ago we had a somewhat plentiful count of them locally (western Oregon), but now the numbers are very near or at zero. The farmers and game department give no thought to their habitat needs or restocking, I suppose the underlying reason being not profitable enough. I miss them.
I started hunting pheasants in 1960 when I moved to Idaho. When I started hunting the fields looked they were moving. The farmers watered their fields with flood irrigation from big ditches, many areas were not farmed so left good nesting areas. Then later the farmers filled in the ditches and stared huge sprinkling systems. No place for pheasants to hatch. Then they starting using air planes to spray for insects. The grown pheasants may not have been harmed BUT the chicks ate the dying grasshoppers and died. In one year the pheasants were gone. The last hear I hunted I did not see one pheasant
Whilst i love pheasants, they come into my garden often (i live in the middle of nowhere in Norfolk) and trample my plants. They also scare the bejesus out of me when i absentmindedly walk into the back garden and they suddenly fly off, making a dreadful clatter. Still, it's a treat to have them visit.
Iv sat and watched a good 20 of your videos this evening, amazing videos, full of facts that I won’t forget and I will certainly be passing info on to the kids on our walks! Thanks! Subscribed!✌🏻
Thank you and a belated welcome to the channel. I hope you have passed on lots of knowledge and I have plenty more videos which will be released soon with much more to teach your kids.
I so love them. I feed them in my garden all year and I dont shoot them. I have one who are always talking to me and he have been living in my garden for 6 year. They are beautiful. Thanks so much for the video.
I the Dakotas, there are thousands. Many hunting conservation groups raise them and release them in the wild. Unfortunately, snow plows kill more pheasants in winter that hunter take during the season. They tend to sit near the road to get gravel in winter and get buried when the snow plow comes through. They are mostly white meat and taste like chicken. They can fly over 40 mph and their wings are designed for high lift and acceleration. If you don't shoot in the first 3-4 seconds, they will be out of range and they will scare the heck out of you when they blast off 3 ft. away from you as you are walking.
Very nice. In the eastern US, most of the pheasant seemed to be raised for hunting season but unfortunately are released either right before or during the season. I stopped hunting pheasant hunting as newly released birds, thinking you had food, would walk towards you looking to be fed. They are a beautiful bird and delicious.
Huh, well hopefully by the time I get to hunting them, I'll figure out whether that's the case in my area. I've seen some turkeys around as well, so that's good.
@@N0sf3r4tuR1s3n In my area we have many wild turkeys. The problem is that they were stocked and given five years to develop. This provided numerous opportunities for folks to feed. them. There was a local Ford dealer and the service manager would buy a couple hundred pounds of corn and feed them. While that enabled them to grow and reproduce, it also convinced them not to be afraid of people. I remember when we planted grass seed about 20 of them showed up to dine on the seed. If you saw them on the road and stopped, they would literally walk up to the car and be inches away from poking their head inside. That makes it kind of impossible for me to ever hunt them.
I loved this! And I never knew that some birds share nests - amazing! I think pheasants are beautiful -and the males are very striking to look at. Gotta say, they taste good too - sorry...
My Grandad was a Gamekeeper at Pickering N.Yorkshire. He raised them all in incubators at home until ready to be taken to the mains pens in the countryside. He passed a long time ago and if we are ever out and see one we say its Grandad keeping an eye on us.
I'm from Oregon, on the USA's west coast. Pheasants were brought to Oregon from Shanghai in the 1880s. Grain ships would load up in Portland and head to Asia. An enterprising Portlander who'd been a missionary in China contracted with a sea captain to bring back a dozen pheasants. When he returned with the birds they were released near Eugene in the Willamette Valley. The climate is ideal for pheasants. Where I grew up there were lots of them. Thanks for this great video. Interesting that Britain had contact with China that early. We can thank Ghengis Khan I suspect.
Its been a while since I seen a pheasant out here in the USA, I do not think we have as many as we used to have, we never used to see turkeys out here but now we see them all the time! we too a drive out and seen over 50 turkeys all together, the largest groups of them I even seen before that was 18 and that's pretty normal here.
@@AShotOfWildlife They are wild turkeys! there were a lot of deer too, I was only up there once a long time ago, its a really pretty area, I wish it was closer!
@@AShotOfWildlife Domestic turkeys in the US are white and really dumb so few would probably survive long in the wild with predators about . Wild turkeys in the US are native but have been introduced beyond their native range(s) here and seem to flourish wherever they are found sometimes to the point of becoming a nuisance .
@@AShotOfWildlife: U.S Dept. of Fish & Wildlife has taken to stocking the turkeys into nearly every state. Like Kurt pointed out spotting (or hearing) a pheasant is now highly unusual. Turkeys can almost be seen daily. Now that I ponder this, there seems to be a direct correlation between the increase in turkey populations and decline in pheasant populations over the last 10-15 years in western Oregon. They prefer similar habitats.
Another great video I love pheasants there colours are striking, I’m not sure if you have, but would it be possible if you could make a video about green finches?
We see the Ringneck pheasant quite often in eastern Colorado and Western Kansas region. When I was a kid roughly around 8 years old my dad once caught a pheasant chick as it was running across the road with his hat and it allowed me a better look at them and then we let it go so it could catch back up with its mother
I love pheasants. Here in Holland we often see them and we take a sighting of a pheasant as a good omen for our trip. Fortunately hunting in Holland is not permitted so all the pheasants we see are wild.
They are lovely to look at and to see on wing. My favourite since seeing one in the 70's has been the Lady Amherst although they are all very beautiful.
Yes, lady Amherst and Golden Pheasants are both beautiful birds. I am working my way through the birds you can see in Britain and although they are here in tiny numbers, I dont know if I will ever get round to them. Cheers!
Hunting them in the US is awesome. Probably the most beautiful game bird, and also potentially one the hardest to hunt. Birds that have survived more than a season tend to run away, the dogs have trouble finding them. But birds fresh from captivity tend to jump straight into the air and make noise, making them easy targets. Would much rather shoot older birds, usually taste better, more enjoyable to hunt, and much more beautiful than younger birds. Their tail feathers are gorgeous, we have a whole collection from the various birds we’ve gotten.
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. Pheasants are an introduced species here but have done well with help from Pheasants Forever and land landowners. They are now a permanent, year round resident species occupying a seemingly and previously, un-filled niche. Our only other “ground birds” are ruffed grouse and woodcocks that I’m aware of. Unsure about partridge as it may be used interchangeably with grouse
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We live in Central Scotland near farmland and have a pet wild pheasant who comes to the door. He'll come running if he sees food and will take from the hand. He purrs quietly when he's happy.
That's like mine ...though I have only known him 4weeks
That's cool. The colours on the male are incredible.
Lovely 😊
That's lovely to hear 😃 Give him a wave from me next time you see him!
We have a male Pheasant who we’ve name “Pfeter”, who has trained us to give him Digestive biscuits. He started coming to our back garden a couple of years ago, then got bolder and started appearing at the patio doors. If we don't attend to him quickly enough, he’ll wander around to the front of the house and stare at us through the living room window until we throw him some biscuits. This year, he started bringing a female with him. She was edgy at first, but now she visits on her own and runs about at the patio door. We’ve named her Phoebe. Pfeter also does the purring sound you mentioned, usually when he sees the biscuits in my hand. We live rurally in Aberdeenshire.
We have these wonderful birds here in Northwest Oklahoma, USA. I never get tired of
watching them in the wild!
In my childhood, well over a half-century ago in rural upstate New York (USA ) a clutch of wild pheasants would visit my parents' garden every winter, to forage among the cornstalks for any grain left in the field at the end of the season. What a thrilling sight it was to watch the cock and its harem -- unafraid, as we simply enjoyed watching them, deliberately left the last of the season's ears for them, and never molested or threatened them.
Gradually, however, the area became suburbanized, and, sadly, eventually the pheasants stopped coming. But they remain in my memory as a highlight of my country childhood.
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Lovely video and what gorgeous little chicks they have. Thanks for upload.
Thank you!
As I was having breakfast this morning one of our two resident pheasants hopped on to the fence and we eyeballed each other for a couple of minutes. Then he called a couple of times, hopped down and had his breakfast, wandered round the garden a bit, called again then went back into the wood. They are such incredibly beautiful and richly coloured birds when you see them close up, I can’t imagine how anyone would want to kill them. We keep them well fed and hope that they won’t be tempted back onto the local shooting estate. Great video Liam, keep them coming.
Good for you !! (see my comment below)
Philip: Lucky Duck. ☺
Same reason chickens, Ducks, turkeys, geese, etc are slaughtered... they are delicious!
@@ethananstey4740 Is that why so many of them end up in landfill? Get real Ethan.
We have a beautiful, wild male pheasant that visits our farm almost every day for food. I haven’t seen him in a couple of days so I hope he’s ok. I really look forward to seeing him!
We feel very lucky to have a male & female regularly visit our garden (Atherton, Gtr Manchester, UK)
We noticed they'd eat the fallen seeds from the bird feeders...so now i regularly scatter a few handfuls of seeds around the garden for them.
I used to raise phesants.My first time was in 1978,and my last time was 1993.I raised around 500 birds in all, 100 at a time.They are great to eat, and are so beautiful.Thanks for the video brother.Tennessee here, a state in the U.S
Another informative video with good shots of these beautiful birds. Thank you.
Thanks Christopher. I cant take all the credit for the footage, some isnt mine. But, I did bring it all together and do the narration etc. Cheers!
In the 40s and 50s, I ate and hunted wild ring necks in central Michigan. They are a wonderful bird. Here, their numbers are now non existent in the wild. Agricultural practices have changed, their cover and nesting areas greatly reduced, and coyotes moved in.
In the early 60s, I lived in northern Japan. There were a few golden pheasants, called yamadories. A golden pheasant flying in a bright, afternoon sun is magnificently beautiful.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
It saddens me as well that so many factors contribute to their detriment. Coyotes - and of course the overpopulating numbers of humans - can’t help but decimate wild birds and their habitat. In a few more years we’ll be covered over by asphalt, concrete, houses and trash.
Yes, I too am a Michigander who remembers fondly all the pheasants AND Bob White quail in my youth in a quiet suburban, almost rural area. By 30 years ago, they were virtually gone. I heard there was also a disease that affected them here, besides the Big Ag pesticides, herbicides, and coyotes. Shameful how the globalist mega corps, mega industrial farming, are poisoning the wildlife and us!! I live in the rural thumb area, haven't seen or heard a pheasant in many years. No quail in 45 years!
It's not the population, really; it's the pesticides and herbicides mostly. @@radawson1018
Coyotes are out of control in my part of michigan south eastern
There are wild pheasants where I live. When I walk by them, I don’t realise they are there as they are hidden, but they get so shocked and frighten me because they suddenly make a huge fuss! They come so close I can watch them wandering in the fields. Thank you, it was great to learn more about them.
I find them very elusive, for such big birds. Now you see em, now you don't.. Im glad that where I live it's a protected bird. I hope and think the UK is the exception.
They love to hide under a patch of dried grass or a corn leaf and you can walk up to them then they burst into flight scarring the bejesus out of you. That is what makes them fun to hunt because by then he time you calm down enough that you can shoot they many times are out of shooting range.
@@jamesschneider3828: You've repeated the exact story that my dad shared with me.
Too beautiful to kill or maim, to die a slow painful death!!! They feed in my garden with my pet Guinea fowls. On rare occasions I've tasted each at restaurants but would NEVER EVER eat my pets or pheasants that visit my back door! They're way more beautiful to watch for months than to be killed to savour on my tongue for a few minutes !
I’ve seen videos and heard of occasions where the males are anything BUT elusive! Apparently during “that time of year” they like to viciously ward off intruders from their area. Not just other pheasants. Humans included. But then again, most male animals get rowdy when they get randy…so yeah lol
I thought I knew quite a bit about this bird, but yet again, you have educated me, no matter what the bed is keep the videos coming. They are very much appreciated.
Thanks William. Out of curiosity, what new did you learn from this video?
@@AShotOfWildlife their nesting habits, and feeding habits, also that the cock is quite promiscuous. 😆
Interesting video. As a train driver in Cornwall and Devon I see a lot of pheasants hanging about on the railway lines. Unfortunately, a lot get killed because they often don't react or react very slowly to the sound of the horn.
I seen one last week on the road . Was running up ahead of me.. beautiful ❤️.
My friend used to have some coming into her garden. We enjoyed watching them.
I love hearing their call, and their plumage and flight are always exciting to see!
Thank you
Perfect timing! A male pheasant visited my small garden at dawn last week, I believe to eat the sultanas I'd left for the blackbirds. It was enormous and a wonderful visitor.
My childhood birds , always use to see them in the countryside near me as a child ❤
I’ve got pheasants in my yard everyday I actually plant sunflowers for them I don’t hunt them very often maybe one
Or two every couple years if that so that I can manage the numbers properly and don’t kill to many but what a beautiful bird
Love your channel keep up the good work ☺️
Thank you so much!
I love that you present really interesting information without attempting any political indoctrination. I can't watch Chris Packham anymore. Keep it up it's a pleasant change to listen to an honest expert.
Cheers!
A rather 'pheasant' change me thinks...pun intended
Odd thing is pheasants are considered livestock for part of the year and wild animals for other times.
Its is strange when you think about it that way!
It’s so that the landowner can claim subsidies while they are “livestock”, then shoot them for “sport” when they are “wild”. How convenient.
@@AShotOfWildlife not really strange ,,, Years ago ,HAWAII had somd bad typhoons that wiped ot many buildings..homes ,farms ,and chicken coops ,, lots of birds survived and went ferrell,, now there are flocks of wild chickens inhabiting a couple of the islands,,, thriving in the enviroment....
As awesome as they are... They taste great !
The big landowners who rear pheasants in the UK have a lot of influence. The laws are drafted to suit their interests
Thanks, that was fun;
;especially loved the almost albino image.
Great work-!
Thank you!
It's so useful for me when I work in pheasants farm and I can understand them better
Thank you for taking the time for this video
You're welcome, thank you for watching it!
Lovely Video
Thank you!
Constructive criticism, no disrespect; lose the background noise.
The subject & your narration of it is great! The addition of distracting, monotonous & annoying music ruined the vid for me.
here in montana, theres ring necks all over, sorta sad really how they've been introduced so agressively and how theyve rolled over sharptails and other native birds.
Over here in Powder River County I have about 4-5 males (spotted single females/harem groups but they like to hide more). One is getting accustomed to me enough that he'll squawk for bread.
We had a beautiful green pheasant that came to live in the garden, which to our delight was joined by a green female that produced 3 chicks and they ate seed from my hand. Unfortunately all didn't survive more than a year and most pheasants that survive the local shoot seldom live longer than 2 years. Even if they escape from being shot, the pheasant is very vulnerable to predators such as fox and stoats and being a large bird, without being fed, they have difficulty getting through a cold winter.. Another cause of casualties is through road kill, as unlike chickens they have no road sense and cars don't slow down when they see one. They might be dumb, but I still like pheasants and my garden is always a sanctuary for them when the guns start booming.
Beautiful Bird !
Thanks mate. Very informative. I learned something new after spotted this beautiful bird in the countryside.
Thank you! Glad the video was helpful!
One of the most beautiful game birds i hunted them when I was a juvenile hunter loved them then and now great video thanks
Incredible birds, so beautiful
Excellent stuff! Well presented. Thank you.
Very nice. My dogs slept during the video but hopped up and listened to the pheasant's call.
Fascinating video! I learnt so much! I’m a Brit living in Japan and started seeing them last year. They’re beautiful birds and I have become fascinated in them. I didn’t know the males had multiple partners 😮
I've seen pheasants pop up in some funny places. Cheers Liam.
Thank you for making this video! Was just curious about pheasants and I don't know why there's not that many of educational videos on pheasant compared to other birds, like pigeons, owls, chicken, etc
If you have ever seen them in the wild you will remember them. Beautiful and fun to watch . Gamey flavor and a little small but not bad eating . The feathers make excellent flys for fishing.
im now 60 years old but when i was a young lad my dad used to take me hunting phesant , he used to take me along a woodland path and drop grain and rasons out of his pocket . after a long walk he would go back the same way and grab one or two by hand ! [ i was gobsmacked to see this ] it was a good twenty years later he let me into the secret of phesant hunting .
of course im not going to tell though :)
Great little films, thank you.
We have a male pheasant which comes right up to our patio doors. I can open the door and he follows me to a feeding area. He doesn't seem scared but he's ready to go if there's sudden movement. He is often accompanied by four females and we feel very honoured to have them around.
Fascinating bird. I would love a couple strutting around my yard. Pets
Really love watching your videos you do a wonderful job so interesting and so educational. It’s really good to know someone like you who has such an appreciation of the wonders of nature
Thank you Peter. I'm glad you enjoy my videos and passion!
I live in South Dakota USA arguably the pheasant Capitol of the US and we have a very large population of truly wild pheasants!! Fun to hunt good to eat!!
Excellent video as always mate.
Cheers, thank you very much!
We have pheasants in the garden although we are surrounded by fairly open countryside. This year they raised some chicks and they wander around a feed from under the bird feeders. They do go around as a family.
I love and like pigeons, when I leave school I always feed them until I love them, I thank you for sharing❤🎉😊
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Excellent video thank you very much indeed. Lovely birds. Their call is very unique and I enjoy hearing when out and about here in the UK. 🇬🇧✌️👍🌞
Another fact is Pheasants only have 15 seconds of powered flight, After that they glide for long distances, they also forage and stick by hedge rows.
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Thank you very much, stay well always.
Hi Liam brilliant video of the pheasants love the way you do your videos keep up the great work and videos just received my shot of wildlife T-shirt very good quality Bernard
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That was a good & informative video.
Great as usual, love these videos.
Beautiful distinctive bird with a lovely deep taste, what they lack in size they make up for in punch... Bit boney though 🤷🤷 PMSL though at someone else's "Chinese Chicken" comment!! 🤣 🤣
There is a ranch in Argentina that has a population of wild, sustaining pheasants. The ranches are actually called Estancias there. The birds were introduced but were established in the wild. I don't know if they still exist there as it has been some twenty years since my buddy has been down there. The adjoining Estancia is owned by Ted Turner.
Beautiful birds. Taste really good too! 😮😂
Good show and information
Thank you!
Thank You, To A Shot of Wildlife. For that Great explanation of the Tidbits about Pheasants. Although it's been Year's Ago, that I Hunted them Very often. I still really enjoy seeing & Hearing them. In the past they were My favorite Upland Game Bird to Hunt. Thier sudden Bursts of Highly Explosive Energy upon leaving Cover. Use too just fill me with Adrenaline too no End. Man did I Love & Crave that Excitement, too the Point I would get a Nagging, Sensation or Itch on My Neck? Just before they would Flush 🕊️🕊️ & Take Off. They are just awesome amazing Game Bird's, that are also Great Eating Fare as well. Thank You Again.
Cheers Robert!
I love the history of pheasants. We used to have many different types here . But only the ring necked type made it .
I am glad you did pheasants because here in the US, they are in the wild and therea re very few captive bred, especially for public hunting.
That’s not correct. Millions of pheasants are released before fall hunting season in much of the northern US both by private conservation clubs and by state DNR departments. Through the 1960’s there were millions of successfully breeding wild pheasants in the northern US plain states that were originally released from trains from the late 1800’s through the 1930’s. Due to changing agricultural practices that no longer leave natural buffer zones, tree wind breaks and such the wild breeding birds have been decimated. “Clean” highly efficient industrial farming has no soft spot for wildlife. In my state hens are drawn to nest in alfalfa fields like magnets. Unfortunately 1st and 2nd cuttings of these fields (for cow feed) destroy virtually 100% of pheasant nests.
@@mrsmartypants_1 Damn, I thought we would have learned our lesson with all the duck nests we destroyed that way.
Cool video have a nice Christmas marky
im a massive fan of pheasants . i used to go hiking and the first time i saw them i counted 60 on the walk . it was amazing to see and ill forever remember it . i keenly look out for them on car journeys through the countryside . also it was all males i saw , only last year did i see a female for the first time
Wow love all your wildlife videos well done very interesting and good to no have you done one on seagulls thank you there my favourite bird x
I see them all around in Devon, a few are in our garden every day. They're very beautiful, I had never seen them before moving to England.
Nice presentation... thank you!
Thank you!
Enjoyed that keep them coming 👌
Thanks Wayne! The next video (chaffinches) will be out in the next 24 hours so stay tuned for that. Cheers
I love a good pheasant hunt. Good eating.
Love those Birds
I just finished painting a ceramic male pheasant that had been sitting around our house for at least 30 years waiting for someone to take the initiative. It turned out ok compared to the drab look before. For a variety of reasons the pheasant had become that one special bird that I was always on the look out for. A few decades ago we had a somewhat plentiful count of them locally (western Oregon), but now the numbers are very near or at zero. The farmers and game department give no thought to their habitat needs or restocking, I suppose the underlying reason being not profitable enough. I miss them.
I started hunting pheasants in 1960 when I moved to Idaho. When I started hunting the fields looked they were moving. The farmers watered their fields with flood irrigation from big ditches, many areas were not farmed so left good nesting areas. Then later the farmers filled in the ditches and stared huge sprinkling systems. No place for pheasants to hatch. Then they starting using air planes to spray for insects. The grown pheasants may not have been harmed BUT the chicks ate the dying grasshoppers and died. In one year the pheasants were gone. The last hear I hunted I did not see one pheasant
Whilst i love pheasants, they come into my garden often (i live in the middle of nowhere in Norfolk) and trample my plants. They also scare the bejesus out of me when i absentmindedly walk into the back garden and they suddenly fly off, making a dreadful clatter. Still, it's a treat to have them visit.
Iv sat and watched a good 20 of your videos this evening, amazing videos, full of facts that I won’t forget and I will certainly be passing info on to the kids on our walks! Thanks! Subscribed!✌🏻
Thank you and a belated welcome to the channel. I hope you have passed on lots of knowledge and I have plenty more videos which will be released soon with much more to teach your kids.
Nice video. Thankyou.
Thank you!
I so love them. I feed them in my garden all year and I dont shoot them.
I have one who are always talking to me and he have been living in my garden for 6 year.
They are beautiful.
Thanks so much for the video.
I the Dakotas, there are thousands. Many hunting conservation groups raise them and release them in the wild. Unfortunately, snow plows kill more pheasants in winter that hunter take during the season. They tend to sit near the road to get gravel in winter and get buried when the snow plow comes through. They are mostly white meat and taste like chicken. They can fly over 40 mph and their wings are designed for high lift and acceleration. If you don't shoot in the first 3-4 seconds, they will be out of range and they will scare the heck out of you when they blast off 3 ft. away from you as you are walking.
Very nice. In the eastern US, most of the pheasant seemed to be raised for hunting season but unfortunately are released either right before or during the season. I stopped hunting pheasant hunting as newly released birds, thinking you had food, would walk towards you looking to be fed. They are a beautiful bird and delicious.
That sucks, pheasants in my area hide so it makes hunting fun.
Huh, well hopefully by the time I get to hunting them, I'll figure out whether that's the case in my area. I've seen some turkeys around as well, so that's good.
@@N0sf3r4tuR1s3n In my area we have many wild turkeys. The problem is that they were stocked and given five years to develop. This provided numerous opportunities for folks to feed. them. There was a local Ford dealer and the service manager would buy a couple hundred pounds of corn and feed them. While that enabled them to grow and reproduce, it also convinced them not to be afraid of people. I remember when we planted grass seed about 20 of them showed up to dine on the seed. If you saw them on the road and stopped, they would literally walk up to the car and be inches away from poking their head inside. That makes it kind of impossible for me to ever hunt them.
Great video dude. Thank you ❤ 🇺🇸
Thank you!
I loved this! And I never knew that some birds share nests - amazing! I think pheasants are beautiful -and the males are very striking to look at. Gotta say, they taste good too - sorry...
If you know how to tenderize it!
We have an extremely large amount of pheasants here in northern Iowa
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Really great 👍👍👍
Man I want to get in on that game I'll take good care of pheasants.
My Grandad was a Gamekeeper at Pickering N.Yorkshire. He raised them all in incubators at home until ready to be taken to the mains pens in the countryside. He passed a long time ago and if we are ever out and see one we say its Grandad keeping an eye on us.
I'm from Oregon, on the USA's west coast. Pheasants were brought to Oregon from Shanghai in the 1880s. Grain ships would load up in Portland and head to Asia. An enterprising Portlander who'd been a missionary in China contracted with a sea captain to bring back a dozen pheasants. When he returned with the birds they were released near Eugene in the Willamette Valley. The climate is ideal for pheasants. Where I grew up there were lots of them. Thanks for this great video. Interesting that Britain had contact with China that early. We can thank Ghengis Khan I suspect.
Its been a while since I seen a pheasant out here in the USA, I do not think we have as many as we used to have, we never used to see turkeys out here but now we see them all the time! we too a drive out and seen over 50 turkeys all together, the largest groups of them I even seen before that was 18 and that's pretty normal here.
Are the same turkeys that people keep for farming? I cant imaging stumbling across wild Turkeys here in the UK!
@@AShotOfWildlife They are wild turkeys! there were a lot of deer too, I was only up there once a long time ago, its a really pretty area, I wish it was closer!
@@AShotOfWildlife Domestic turkeys in the US are white and really dumb so few would probably survive long in the wild with predators about . Wild turkeys in the US are native but have been introduced beyond their native range(s) here and seem to flourish wherever they are found sometimes to the point of becoming a nuisance .
@@AShotOfWildlife: U.S Dept. of Fish & Wildlife has taken to stocking the turkeys into nearly every state. Like Kurt pointed out spotting (or hearing) a pheasant is now highly unusual. Turkeys can almost be seen daily. Now that I ponder this, there seems to be a direct correlation between the increase in turkey populations and decline in pheasant populations over the last 10-15 years in western Oregon. They prefer similar habitats.
Another great video I love pheasants there colours are striking, I’m not sure if you have, but would it be possible if you could make a video about green finches?
Lovely bird, and I see them occasionally around the countryside here in NewZealand.
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We see the Ringneck pheasant quite often in eastern Colorado and Western Kansas region. When I was a kid roughly around 8 years old my dad once caught a pheasant chick as it was running across the road with his hat and it allowed me a better look at them and then we let it go so it could catch back up with its mother
Nice one Liam, I always find your shot of wildlife interesting. You should have your own program educating children & adults.
I love pheasants. Here in Holland we often see them and we take a sighting of a pheasant as a good omen for our trip. Fortunately hunting in Holland is not permitted so all the pheasants we see are wild.
They are lovely to look at and to see on wing. My favourite since seeing one in the 70's has been the Lady Amherst although they are all very beautiful.
Yes, lady Amherst and Golden Pheasants are both beautiful birds. I am working my way through the birds you can see in Britain and although they are here in tiny numbers, I dont know if I will ever get round to them. Cheers!
Nice vlog, love pheasants, can scare the crap out of you when walking, & one is startled.
Haha, yes, they have made me jump quite a few times too!
I'm quite fond of Phesents, I'd love to have one or two as pets if I was able to.
I do like these video's a lot there very well done. 👍
Hunting them in the US is awesome. Probably the most beautiful game bird, and also potentially one the hardest to hunt. Birds that have survived more than a season tend to run away, the dogs have trouble finding them. But birds fresh from captivity tend to jump straight into the air and make noise, making them easy targets. Would much rather shoot older birds, usually taste better, more enjoyable to hunt, and much more beautiful than younger birds. Their tail feathers are gorgeous, we have a whole collection from the various birds we’ve gotten.
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. Pheasants are an introduced species here but have done well with help from Pheasants Forever and land landowners. They are now a permanent, year round resident species occupying a seemingly and previously, un-filled niche. Our only other “ground birds” are ruffed grouse and woodcocks that I’m aware of. Unsure about partridge as it may be used interchangeably with grouse
I sure did. Thank you .
Thank you!
Thanks for the video. I am new to the UK so still trying to get a sense of the photography opportunities
Cheers! Some of my other longer videos might be able to give you a better idea of the general wildlife of the place.