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Ring-necked pheasant sneaking out of the tall grass

Right in front of me I see the bright flash of yellow of some kind of bird as it disappears behind the branches of a tree. It appeared larger than a goldfinch; so what could it be? I see it again as it moves between trees. I grab my camera and decide to follow it. Stumbling through the underbrush, I can’t get it in the viewfinder. This is rapidly becoming tiring, so I sit down, pull out my thermos, and pour a cup of coffee.

As I sit there I notice something stirring in the tall grass. I am completely taken by surprise as a ring-necked pheasant suddenly appears. With my camera at the ready I take a quick picture, and then just as suddenly he’s gone. Oh well, no yellow bird, but a beautiful cock pheasant!

I was driving down N street in Sacramento, when I saw this enormous chicken on someone’s front porch. I thought that it was kind of interesting so I took this photo. Later that evening Robin, who loves chickens, says “Hey, you ought to post that photo.”. I’m thinking, sure it’s a great image but what can I say about it? Well, nothing really; but it reminded me of another chicken episode.

One morning I heard a rooster crowing, and he sounded like he was very close by. I didn’t think that my neighbors had any chickens, so I went outside to look around and encountered a very lively rooster in the vegetable garden. As I got nearer, he took off and started flying around the garden. He then started to fly right at me, whereupon I ducked and he sailed right over my head off to who-knows-where.

From time to time I still hear him crowing in the morning. The crowing comes from different directions; sometimes far, sometimes near. I suppose that he’s foraging in someone else’s garden now.

A big chicken on the porch!