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Title: White Pheasant
Post by: Paulines7 on January 27, 2010, 10:03:04

I looked out of my window this morning and saw a white pheasant striding about. Her (normal coloured) mate was just the other side of the fence. She started coming nearer to the house when my dog spotted her through the window and frightened her off. She flew over the fence to join her mate.

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x311/7stephenson/DSC04874.jpg)

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x311/7stephenson/DSC04866.jpg)

(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x311/7stephenson/DSC04853.jpg)

I don't know whether she was an albino as she wasn't near enough for me to see her eyes.

Title: Re: White Pheasant
Post by: Mortality on January 27, 2010, 10:22:00

aww lovely. ;D

Title: Re: White Pheasant
Post by: Palustris on January 27, 2010, 20:38:55

Beautiful really, but not a good survival trait. Saw this one at Chirk Castle a while back.
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/January2010/whitepheasy.jpg)
Not my best photo though.

Title: Re: White Pheasant
Post by: tonybloke on January 29, 2010, 18:31:32

QuoteBeautiful really, but not a good survival trait.

Actually, if it's on a 'shooting' estate, any white pheasants are not shot!! (they use them as 'markers' on the ploughed fields)
so, ..it's a good survival trait, having a double recessive gene!!

Title: Re: White Pheasant
Post by: lorna on January 29, 2010, 21:06:21

Great photos Pauline.

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