Date:         Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:08:54 EST
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From:         Louis Nielsen <ClodvigII@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pheasants etc.
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In a message dated 2/10/03 8:28:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
gail@MDSG.UMD.EDU writes:

>  I know Delaware introduced the "green" pheasant and they
>  apparently "took" for at least a while -- this is a subspecies of
>  ring-necked pheasant which lacks the ring and has some other color
>  differences. Not sure if the birds are still surviving, though.

I spoted a single female "green" pheasant along Rt. 9 in Delaware, south of
Delaware city in 2002.  It popped out of tall grass along the roadside for a
few minutes.  It drove me crazy because of the facial colors until I got
digging in the NGS guide.

The only Ring-necked I've seen in Maryland was one that ran across the road
in front of my car in Prince Georges County in  1985.  I heard one in 1986 in
Baltimore County, but it was likely a "kept" bird.

Lou Nielsen
Reisterstown MD

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