Wow! Is his face red, A Ring-necked Pheasant for Ruby Tuesday!

While driving along the High Marsh Road one day last week while crossing the Tantramar Marshes near Sackville, Nb. I was hoping to see a Ring-necked Pheasant which I often see there.  Finally deciding it was not my day to see a Pheasant.  I finally saw one strutting across a plowed field towards me.  I stopped and got out of my car and the Pheasant stopped also and left speeding across the field in the opposite direction.  The pictures are not good but do allow for you seeing the red face of the male.This is a beautiful bird and the red face is usually so outstanding.  I was semi disappointed with my sighting, I saw one! but did not get a good photo.  Oh well, perhaps I will have better luck next time.
just before

Just before leaving the marshes, driving slowly before entering the Wheaton covered bridge therecrossing the Tantramar River..

I spied a dark shape in the grass which showed some

red.  A Pheasant? maybe?YES!I determined the best way I knew for sure was to get out of my car.    and.  sure enough.It was a pheasant I could see as  It took of across the road away from me.My apologies for the not so clear pheasant photos. I have an affection for Pheasants as it is an ancestral name.  My great, great greatgrandfather Stephen Pheasant was a singer at Peterborough Cathederal in England and he and his wife are buried in the grounds there,  Their orphaned children made their way to Canada together and settled, making their homes in this area. So that is my Pheasant story today.




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