They've been blasting pheasants from the sky around here for a couple of weeks now, but today I saw a first - a white male pheasant in the garden. It wasn't albino has it still had some red around its eyes and TBH there was a small splash of brown at the tip of the tail, but anyway it was a big surpise as i've not seen one before in 30 years of living here.
I'm assuming they're not as rare as I think? And surely not a breeding ploy to make them easier targets
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WHITE PHEASANT
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Re: WHITE PHEASANT
toofast2live wrote:today I saw a first - a white male pheasant in the garden. It wasn't albino has it still had some red around its eyes and TBH there was a small splash of brown at the tip of the tail...
Then it may be a genetic condition known as Leucism. http://aviangenetics.com/PheasantGeneti ... ained.html
But it could be albino after all. Not all albinism is complete, apparently...
http://aviangenetics.com/PheasantGeneti ... lbino.html
Either way, it is a rare but natural mutation.
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Re: WHITE PHEASANT
Interesting. We had a few of them around these southern parts, about ten years ago. And very arresting they were, too!
Forget hunters with guns. The main problem with being a white pheasant is that every fox can see you from a mile away. Not a very helpful mutation really.
BJ
Forget hunters with guns. The main problem with being a white pheasant is that every fox can see you from a mile away. Not a very helpful mutation really.
BJ
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