SC - A Winter food

[Alderton, Philippa]

Alex asks:

>Are those European pheasants that are hunted in pheasant season, or
American ruffed grouses? <

The pheasant we have in the US is definitely the European/Chinese import
they were deliberately imported here as a game bird. We in Ohio have been
having to restock them after the disastrous winters of the late 70's because
they just weren't designed for our environment/ecology. There is no
mistaking a true pheasant for a ruffed grouse.

Look at this picture of a ruffed grouse at:

http://www3.upatsix.com/apws/ruffed.htm

and compare it to this picture of a pheasant at:

http://www.fred.net/mullen/pheasant.html

There's no mistaking them- a ruffed grouse looks like a miniature turkey-
pheasant do not spread their tails in that manner.

Phlip

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phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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