tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340068615976654326.post3353791248110559983..comments2024-02-29T22:20:01.456-08:00Comments on Union Bay Watch : RingersLarry Hubbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11346591926338103362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340068615976654326.post-86442802617163269692017-03-13T12:20:08.343-07:002017-03-13T12:20:08.343-07:00I remember seeing pheasants on the north side of U...I remember seeing pheasants on the north side of Union Bay almost twenty years ago when we drove to the now closed parking lot to watch Husky soccer games.<br /><br />Then just a few years ago I drove past one very slowly as it was crossing NE 75th near 15th Ave NE. It was very surreal.<br /><br />I looked it up, and I believe they may have been farmed here a long time ago. The Navy did notice them at Sand Point:<br />https://www.jstor.org/stable/3533977?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents<br />and<br />https://books.google.com/books?id=qeQ3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=seattle+pheasant+farm+sand+point&source=bl&ots=IeQb8diIWb&sig=CQh4oT_5a1FhTDnTJkwHqxGJ6Ds&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7jOnQmNTSAhUFn5QKHV5JDBEQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=seattle%20pheasant%20farm%20sand%20point&f=falseChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428361191787397415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340068615976654326.post-87237018561576395202017-03-12T14:37:57.295-07:002017-03-12T14:37:57.295-07:00Oops, I meant to say ...Maybe soon it will be name...Oops, I meant to say ...Maybe soon it will be named...Larry Hubbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346591926338103362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340068615976654326.post-74266121571957726162017-03-12T14:36:26.699-07:002017-03-12T14:36:26.699-07:00You are welcome. May soon it will be named a Ring-...You are welcome. May soon it will be named a Ring-billed Duck. I am afraid that will ultimately lead to replacing a lot a bird guide books.Larry Hubbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346591926338103362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340068615976654326.post-5278483899092896862017-03-12T13:58:30.711-07:002017-03-12T13:58:30.711-07:00Thank you. I often wondered why the ringed-neck is...Thank you. I often wondered why the ringed-neck is not more accurately named the ringed-bill. I was even asked that question.Judy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344586595082462857noreply@blogger.com