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Saving Wildlife: We've lived in our little town for more than 10 years now, and in all of those years, I've never seen pheasants come into our yard. Yesterday, there were eight pheasants in our yard, and even more puzzling was the fact that there were five of them sitting in our trees. This photo shows two of them, both males, sitting in one of our backyard trees eating the berries. (courtesy of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ pmarkham/4244441489/)
Habitat, weather indicate poor pheasant opener
Austin Herald
According to the DNR, 20 years ago Minnesota’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) had more than 1.7 million acres that provided pheasants with food and cover. Today that number is 948000 acres, and it’s still declining. Nearly 550000 acres of CRP … Read rest of the story
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