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I'm Lost


I'm Lost
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Copyright: Rick Price (Adanac) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1111 W: 1 N: 4518] (15132)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-25
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 40D, Canon 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-27 4:47
Viewed: 407
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Todays post is of a hen Ring-necked Pheasant captured picking small pebbles for its crop from a snow bank. I titled this image I'm Lost due to the fact that I have never seen a pheasant in the forested portion of the park. She must have wondered in from some of the farm land surrounding the park.

Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
General Description

By Gustave J. Yaki


The Ring-necked Pheasant was introduced into North America for hunting purposes. Its original range was eastern Europe and Asia. From there, birds were introduced to Britain and other European countries. It is now established across southern Canada and the northern half of the USA. In Alberta, it is present in the grassland and southern parkland region, with outlier populations in the Grand Prairie and Peace River areas.

Pheasants prefer shrubby grasslands which offers protection from both avian and mammalian predators, and shelter from winter winds in both urban and rural areas. In southern Alberta, they are most numerous in irrigated areas, such as near Brooks. They are easy to see to the south and east of Calgary, especially near canal banks. In winters with deep snow, their numbers drop drastically. Without being augmented by captive-bred releases, the population would likely soon disappear.

Their food during summer consists of insects and green plants. In winter, their diet includes waste grain, weed seeds and fruit of such locally-growing shrubs as rose, buckbrush and Climbing Nightshade.

Males are promiscuous. The female rears the young alone. She lays a clutch of 7-15 eggs in a nest normally on the ground hidden in a reedbed, long grass, hedgerow or woodland, but nest in trees on squirrel dreys have also been reported. Incubation takes 23-27 days. As with all the members of the family, the young find their own food, as soon as hatched and dry. They can fly at 12-14 days, and when half-grown, tend to roost in trees.
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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2585 W: 170 N: 7879] (24911)
  • [2008-02-27 5:17]

Hello Rick,
This Pheasant looks very well fed! Excellent shot in lovely colours. Great focus on the eye and sharp details of the plumae that stand out against the fine natural background.
Many thanks, Ulla

Hi Rick,

great shot! I like the sharpness, very good.

TFS,
Luca

Hi Rick,
I have never seen this specie of bird before! They look very different from the pheasants I'm used to see. This is a very sharp capture, well exposed and composed. You beneficiated from good light that day which made details on its pale plumage stands out so nicely. This is much interesting. TFS,
Claudine

nice camouflage. TFS Ori

This is a picture my father would have really appreciated..for a bit I had inherited his collection of paintings, etchings and such..many of which he was the artisan...and among mallard ducks there were the occasional pheasant...and in this setting which looks so doggone much like the front page of Field and Stream, he would have cut it out or saved it...very nicely done and a good memory moment for me.
Bob

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1911 W: 8 N: 4976] (16095)
  • [2008-02-27 7:48]

Hi Rick,

It's always fun to see something where it doesn't belong. A wonderful plump pheasant! Excellent natural colors and superb details of the face, eye and plummage. I love the setting.

Jane

Surprise, Rick, it is a surprise;-)
As always.
Beautiful bird. You photographed it very well; the light, the colours, the details are absolutely great.
Well done
TFS
Annick

That's what I call sharp! Very good - and you handled the exposure extremely well, which isn't an easy feat! Kudos!
Cheers, Klaus

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1026 W: 5 N: 2888] (10447)
  • [2008-02-27 10:44]

Hi Rick.
"Faisan" Lovly photo here. high quality lavel in photography. Excellent pose in ground and fine details we can see here.
Saludos Rick.
Your friend
Luis52.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1888 W: 245 N: 6180] (22002)
  • [2008-02-27 12:21]

Nice image of this female Pheasant.
This is a particularly plump bird! She's almost a perfect sphere :-)
Excellent exposure and great lighting.
Very sharp and detailed.
Great composition.
I like the DOF because it shows the habitat but doesn't make the BG too distracting.
Nice work Rick.
Thanks,
Joe

hello Rick

you post us Grey Partridge and now a Pheasant,
i kno that in the Prairies, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
there is those 2 speecies of birds but i didn't kno
that there is in Alberta too, thanks for your posting

lovely shot with excellent POV and framing, i love to see
the snow at the background, sharpness & details are excellent

TFS

Asbed

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 958 W: 5 N: 2373] (8876)
  • [2008-02-27 15:08]

Hello Rick,
Great shot, very good POV and pose. Sharpness,details and colors are excellent.
Very well done .TFS..

Hello Rick,

This looks like a very interesting bird. The plumage is rather colorful and you have captured it in good light and sharp details. The note is very informative for the bird that we don't see around here. Nice perch complemented by excellent cropping.

Regards,
Jusni

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  • lizzie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 214 W: 0 N: 635] (2847)
  • [2008-02-27 17:03]

Hi Rick,

Actually when I look at the Pheasant, he looks pretty sad and lonely, so your title is very well appropriated.
There is a nice light giving excellent details in the plumage!
Very well done!

Lise

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  • NinaM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 655 W: 0 N: 1623] (5300)
  • [2008-02-27 17:42]

What a beauty this picture, the colours are fantastic and this bird is really a superb creature. You always come up with an unexpected animal, you have seen so much and brought back to us so much! Thank you for your passion. And the notes are intresting as always.

Francine

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1305 W: 0 N: 5107] (15234)
  • [2008-02-28 22:44]

Hi Rick

Pheasants often nest on the fringes of woods here and it is normal to see them in open woodland (though not plantations - well nothing much goes in them - too close, dark and nothing to eat).

Excellent POV with outstanding colours and detail.

James

Dear Rick,
I do agree with others; it's an excellent shot a hen Ring-necked Pheasant with sharpness & plumage details. TFS.
Regards-Subhash

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