HorseDoctor
PMA Member
Photoshop!!!! There are no pheasants in SW Iowa. Don't even bother looking for them there. They are all in South Dakota. That's where everyone should go...
TheMadCatter
Well-Known Member
The only ones around here are a pair of Red Golden Pheasants I own
StickersNKickers
Camo Up!
I say decoys. Got the lifelike ones with motion! Atta boy!
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
That third picture is amazing? I have never seen so many hawks/whatever they are in one spot, it is rare to see that many together. Cool thanks!
antleraddiction
Member
The last picture doesn't look like birds of prey to me...... No curved beaks
I'm no birder, but I'd say it's a group of male/female red winged black birds
darker ones males, lighter ones with speckled chest females.
Looks like your pheasants are safe for another day.
I'm no birder, but I'd say it's a group of male/female red winged black birds
darker ones males, lighter ones with speckled chest females.
Looks like your pheasants are safe for another day.
NWBuck
PMA Member
I'm not a birder either, but we have plenty of red winged black birds around here as well, and this is what they look like...
Red winged black birds are no more of a threat to pheasants than a bottle of water, but we also have plenty of hawks like those in the last pic, and I've personally watched them fly over a crp field, screetch until the pheasants get up and fly, and then dive down and knock them out of the air. Trust me...if there was a legal season on these things I'd be the first one lining up to hunt them...
NWBuck
jesserichard
New Member
I saw 3 roosters in Ankeny NE of new Hy Vee
antleraddiction
Member
Here's the female. Definitely looks like the closet bird on the bottom.
They aren't predators..... No curved beaks.
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Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Here's the female. Definitely looks like the closet bird on the bottom.
They aren't predators..... No curved beaks.
They look bigger than the bird in photo?
Mystery???
Booner
Well-Known Member
What are you using as a reference for your size comparison? I really hope your joking?? If not, look at the first two pictures and then compare those hens to the blackbirds in the picture. No comparison to any hawk I've ever seen. I'm assuming NWBuck is confusing those blackbirds with an American kestrel, which looks similar to any red tail hawk except significantly smaller. However yet again a bird prey and those birds definitely don't hang out in groups of 100, at least that I've ever personally seen.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
I have no idea what they are, I'm not joking??
No clue, they look bigger than the small bird posted
I am sure they are not hawks, but keep in mind hawks/birds of prey really vary in size.
What do you think they are...please tell us !!
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Booner
Well-Known Member
A red winged black bird. Doesn't get much easier to see it from the picture. 100% not a bird of prey, dead give away is the non curvature of the beak as well as the small size. I'm no birder however I am able to see things right in front of my face.