Here's my entry this week for the Amateur tier.
https://steemit.com/photography/@jayclar30/deranged-photography-contest-birds-or-flying-animals-chook-chook
Here's my entry this week for the Amateur tier.
https://steemit.com/photography/@jayclar30/deranged-photography-contest-birds-or-flying-animals-chook-chook
Love chook chook!
I must get out there and see if I can get some more photos of him. I heard the other day their 2nd year of feathers are meant to be more impressive than their first so I'll be looking forward to that! : )
Wow that would be something. It is already so beautiful.
I know... I guess we'll have to wait on and see! : )
This is such a cool photo. The feathers are like a fan. Such an awesome looking bird.
Thanks Wes, he is pretty amazing. That is his 'ruff'. There's only 2 ruffed pheasants, this one and the Golden Pheasant which is also pretty stunning! They use their ruff as part of their courtship ritual, it is pretty amazing how they have so much control over them. They can hold them back away from their face or they can bring them around to either one side of their face or both revealing just their eye. It almost looks like he is wearing a helmet, I was calling him Darth Vader at first when I saw him doing it, lol. We have never seen one before (or knew of their existence) but we have since learnt a lot more since he turned up. We are considering buying a female so he has a mate... we're not sure yet.