{"id":143771,"date":"2023-09-28T05:58:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=143771"},"modified":"2023-09-28T06:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T12:54:54","slug":"young-male-ring-necked-pheasants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/28\/young-male-ring-necked-pheasants\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Male Ring-necked Pheasants"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Ring-necked Pheasant developmental stage I’ve never photographed before, at least not very well.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Three days ago at Bear River MBR I was lucky to spot this young male Ring-necked Pheasant because he was so well camouglaged in the near-fall colors and warm morning light. I just happened to notice slight movement out of the corner of my eye but even then I had to stare for a few moments before I could make him out.<\/p>\n

The setting is busy and I don’t like that vertical stem behind his bill but I found him to be unusually interesting, I’d never before photographed, or seen up close, a young male pheasant at this development stage, with his wattles and papillary skin beginning to turn from pink, to red, and eventually to the scarlet red of the adult male.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Unusual for pheasants, he was very patient with me so I got lots of photos. At first he didn’t pose much but eventually he gave me this over the shoulder look, which got rid of that stem behind his bill.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Then he practiced his crowing, just like a big boy.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I got some preening shots that better revealed that his tail still has a long way to go before it becomes the magnificently long tail of the adult male.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He ended up doing some wing-drumming, which is also a typical behavior of adult males.<\/p>\n

I didn’t realize it for a long time but eventually I noticed that he wasn’t alone.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/8, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

There were actually four young males hanging out together but I could never get more than two of them in the frame that were acceptably sharp.<\/p>\n

After I’d spent nearly 14 minutes with them, they slowly wandered away and disappeared in the phrags, I enjoyed the fact that they were so comfortable in my presence for so long, which is unusual for pheasants. At least around here.<\/p>\n

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This is what the young males will soon look like. Their wattles and papillary skin will enlarge and become a bright scarlet, they’ll develop the namesake white ring around their necks, their overall plumage will become significantly more colorful and their tails will become much longer. You can’t see it in my photos, but the young males don’t yet have the spurs on their lower legs that we see in this adult male.<\/p>\n

It won’t be long but they’re not there yet.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A Ring-necked Pheasant developmental stage I’ve never photographed before, at least not very well. (7 photos)<\/p>\n

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