The plastic blinders are used to prevent the pecking and cannibalism that occurs when raising large, captive flocks of game birds. Thanks, Linda and Jody, for clarifying that the pheasants at the Reynold's Game Farm are *not* released with blinders on.
I side with Linda and disagree with the idea of raising these birds for the sole purpose of hunting, but that issue is for another day, another forum. Candace On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Candace Cornell <cec...@gmail.com> wrote: > This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed > Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game > Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the > BNA, Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen > them eating what looks pheasant entrails within the pens. > > Candace Cornell > > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
