Fezzie's back

I took this shot of Fezzie in our garden last week, but he's had to wait for his moment of glory on 365, as I've had other more interesting photos to post of late and yesterday he was definitely eclipsed by my Mountain Hare! Ha ha ... patience is a virtue, Fezzie!

[Richard Lewis]

Saw my first Pheasant in Shetland in November and then again last month. Wondering if someone has brought some in - it was strange seeing them here.

[julia]

What a beauty.. we have sone on the farm but they seem to be a bit camera shy..

[Sarah Bremner]

Lovely photo.....so close to get all the wonderful details and colours are fantastic. We have had a few visits from one of his distant cousins recently but I didn't manage any great photos!

[Jan Hall]

Handsome chap.

[Monique]

Beautiful

[Jennie B.]

Great close up of this beautiful bird.

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :) fav

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a beauty...

[Julie Duncan]

Yay, Fezzie! So handsome!

[Babs]

Everything comes to he who waits. Glad he has finally got his moment of fame.

[Molly]

What a handsome bird! Worth the wait to see him.

[Richard Sayer]

He's a handsome chap... we've got black pheasants around us.

[Merrelyn]

He's a very handsome fellow.

[Lesley]

Superb detail. What a beauty!

[Judith Greenwood]

Great catch - better shot with a camera than a shotgun though I confess I have one in my freezer courtesy of our neighbour!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Ann H. LeFevre]

He's certainly a fashionable color plate! Good shot!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh great to see him!

[Judith Johnson]

Glad he got his moment at last. Well worth it Fezzie

[haskar]

Cool dude.

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture, fav

[Taffy]

So cool -- as if this was in a book of birds to represent a 'classic'!

[Cazzi]

What a very handsome fella!

[Pat Knowles]

That’s an amazing capture... aren’t they a beautiful bird & can be quite tame. Ours got chased away by Connie this morning but sure she will be back!

[Tunia McClure]

Fezzie is doing his best to win the photo contest.

[Kathy]

Beautiful colors and patterns.

[Daryl O'Hare]

Ooooh I have never seen a pheasant! Glorious colour.

[Milanie]

What a beautiful pheasant - such nice focusing on all his markings

[Issi Bannerman]

@sarah19 You will. Ours is a bit stupid (or a bit blind ...) I think. I can creep up on him reasonably easily if I spot him out the back.

[Issi Bannerman]

@darylo They are beautiful beasts, but fairly common here. Although not always in your garden!

[Tom]

What a great capture of this beautiful bird

[Daryl O'Hare]

@jamibann is it bad that I have always dreamed of cooking one? Never seen or eaten one.

[Issi Bannerman]

@darylo He he ... not a bit of it! John is always nagging me to cook pheasant. I'm not a fan, so I put it off! Usually I tell him that there's none at the butcher's shop! However, sometimes he checks himself, so I get rumbled! I am currently waiting for the butcher to text me when he has a couple in the shop. So, I'm sure I'll be cooking a couple some time soon, whilst they're in season. I always do them in a casserole with wine and veggies. 'Always', ... that is, when I do cook them, which is about once a year!

[Daryl O'Hare]

@jamibann oh that's funny. Haha that John. I am tired of the obligatory turkey meal here at Thanksgiving and every year, I say "I'd prefer to cook pheasant or duck." I have cooked neither. I don't even think pheasant is available around here.

I had the most amazing duck dish in Paris while visiting a friend of our family at her home in 1985. Her mother somehow took slices of duck to surround a whole peach and then candied (hard surface) so it was a ball of duck but when you cracked through the hard glaze, there was succulent duck and a perfect peach.

Send me a pic of your pheasant dish when you do make it!