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Ring-necked Pheasant
Size - 22 to 35 inches long
Habitat - Fields, pastures, croplands, marshes, and bushy areas.
Nesting - The nest is a grass-lined scrape in the ground.
Eggs - 5 to 7, buff or olive brown. Incubation 23 to 25 days, by the female. Chicks fly in two weeks. Male usually plays little part in nesting.
Food - Seeds, nuts, berries, and insects. |
Ring-necked Pheasant (hen)
Size - 22 to 35 inches long
Habitat - Fields, pastures, croplands, marshes, and bushy areas.
Nesting - The nest is a grass-lined scrape in the ground.
Eggs - 5 to 7, buff or olive brown. Incubation 23 to 25 days, by the female. Chicks fly in two weeks. Male usually plays little part in nesting.
Food - Seeds, nuts, berries, and insects. |
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Gray Jay
Size - 10 to 13 inches long.
Habitat - Coniferous forests to treeline.
Nesting - The nest is a cup of twigs, bark, plant fibers, and moss.
Eggs - 2 to 5, pale gray, pale green, or white spotted with brown and gray. Incubation 16 to 18 days, by female. Young leave the nest about 15 days after hatching.
Food - Insects, fruit, mice, and birds' eggs. |
Ruffed Grouse
Size - 16 to 19 inches long.
Habitat - Deciduous forests with undergrowth.
Nesting - The nest is in a depression of leaves near a log, rock, stump, or under a dense bush.
Eggs - 9 to 12, buff, often spotted with brown. Incubation 24 days, by female. Young leave the nest in one week; stay with the female for about 12 weeks.
Food - Insects, seeds, berries, and buds. |
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Reference source: "North American Birds" Reader's Digest
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