Buzzard and Pheasants (1 Viewer)

[PaulAshton]

Last week I was enjoying a stroll on the hills around Mortehoe North Devon when I walked over a ridge and surprised a cock pheasant and what I thought were two hen pheasants which were standing together.

To my surprise as the birds took off a cock and a hen pheasant flew off (in the usual crazed flapping of wings style) and the third bird flew away with much more style as it was in fact a Buzzard.

Was this a case of local residents socialising on the hill or just chance that the only three creatures in a large field were standing together within feet of each other?

:h?:

 

[DSpeight]

Last week I was enjoying a stroll on the hills around Mortehoe North Devon when I walked over a ridge and surprised a cock pheasant and what I thought were two hen pheasants which were standing together.

To my surprise as the birds took off a cock and a hen pheasant flew off (in the usual crazed flapping of wings style) and the third bird flew away with much more style as it was in fact a Buzzard.

Was this a case of local residents socialising on the hill or just chance that the only three creatures in a large field were standing together within feet of each other?

:h?:

Locally, there are literally hundreds of Pheasants in the fields and woods as I live on the boundaries of two estates. We also have a thriving Buzzard population which ignores the Pheasants at all times. I'd have thought an adult pheasant would be hard work for a buzzard, though I believe Goshawks take them occasionally.