Mr. Magnificent, our lovely tame male pheasant disappeared last summer. We think he'd been in the garden for about 3 years, so it's not surprising - they don't last much longer around here.We now have another cock. We've called him "Greenback" for obvious reasons. He's much shyer than Mr. M., won't come for peanuts and visits at quiet times of the day (like early in the morning). However, this morning he hung around for quite a while and I was able to get some pictures. They're not very good, but they do show how green his back is.
I was playing around with Picassa and really love what happens to pheasant colouring when you saturate it.Check out the Peel Wyke site, I'm just going over there to post about this week's work.
