I returned to one of my Holiday season retreats today looking for Green woodpecker in local horse grazing fields at Millpool.
No joy there but I was treated to a fine show from a Ring-necked Pheasant that was teaching his young male fledgling a few field skills.
The adult bird above struts boldly out into the field.
The young male follows unconvincingly.
The adult bird shows the way and keeps an eye on the young birds progress
The adult bird then picks up on the sound of my shutter in the hedgerow,
And does 'the-off' briskly walking back to the safety of the far hedgerow.
The young bird just carries on feeding in the open field.
And he also decides to move further into the field and even closer to my camera.
And suddenly being so close he can also hear my shutter activations
He is now rapidly off in a panic to re-join his parent bird in the hedgerow with yet another lesson learnt:
If Dad leaves because it might not be safe to stay then you leave too !!
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