Date: 6/5/25 12:56 pm From: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> Subject: Re: [birders] Ring-necked Pheasant & Great Egrets
Could be a case of urban Coyote increases. Ring-necks may not have evolved with similar predators in their home ranges. Just a thought.
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From: Jack Smiley <jackrsmiley...>
Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2025 2:05:25 PM
To: birders Birders <birders...>
Subject: [birders] Ring-necked Pheasant & Great Egrets
Although pheasants aren't native, they are still one of my favorite birds as we had lots of pheasants and Bobwhite quail in our backyard (in Westland) when I was a kid. Just a few years ago, you could still find numerous Ring-necked Pheasants in Superior Township. One winter, I counted a flock of 56 male Ring-necked Pheasants in a farm field at Geddes and Ridge Roads. Today, they are a rare sight...so it was nice to see a male Ring-necked Pheasant this morning along Cherry Hill Road, east of Harris Road. That's the only one I've seen in about a year.
At the large wetland on the south side of Cherry Hill Road, west of Harris Road, there were over a dozen Great Egrets.
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