it seems rather odd that seward park has been notable for many of the odd
appearances in the past 10-15 years. i've photographed helmeted guinea
fowl in the park, parrots and parakeets have been seen, and now we have
golden and silver pheasant...
someone in the neighbourhood has a few discretionary dollars to spend :)
00 caren
ParkGallery.org
george davis creek, north fork
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:55 AM Ed Dominguez <
edomino.ed at gmail.com> wrote:
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We also have a pair of Golden Pheasants here in Seward Park! Escapees or
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someone dumping their exotic collection here in Seward Park?
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Ed Dominguez
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Lead Naturalist
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Seward Park Audubon Center
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:40 PM Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser <
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whitney.n.k at gmail.com> wrote:
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Someone seems to have let their pheasant collection loose in the park -
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another Tweeter wrote to me off-list and said she saw the Silver Pheasant
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on Sunday morning as well, along with three living male Golden Pheasants
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and one half-eaten male Golden Pheasant.
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Whitney
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:33 PM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
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wrote:
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Whitney, Diana Sorus just posted a photo of it on her Facebook page and
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asked me about it. It's a male Silver Pheasant, and I guess you only saw it
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from above, as it has entirely black underparts.
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Dennis Paulson
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On Mar 18, 2020, at 12:01 PM,
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tweeters-request at mailman11.u.washington.edu wrote:
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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:51:03 -0700
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From: Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser <whitney.n.k at gmail.com>
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To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: [Tweeters] White pheasant in Seward Park
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Message-ID:
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<CAFK7b0Uk6Y-Z4QAVm9eDuA+dT=Z5EWFs5z0dzT0PYz7kEmtxsg at mail.gmail.com>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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Hi, tweeters! Sunday morning I was walking the main trail that goes over
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the crest of Seward Park, and I encountered what appeared to be a white
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ring-necked pheasant. Very dramatic bird, all white with a red face.
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The
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two videos I took were horrible, but the bird looked very much like this
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one:
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/nightjar/477443925
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Have others seen this bird? Am I the last birder in Seattle to know
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about
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this?
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Cheers,
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Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser
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whitney.n.k at gmail.com
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