Chukar

Found this cool looking bird in the back yard a few days ago. Thanks again to everyone who helped me ID it I had no clue what it was. Hope everyone enjoys, I thought it was a pretty coll bird! Felt bad for it thought, looks like it's beak is broken

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Great shots Tammy and congrats on the new ID. I've never seen one of these.

wow, great color, beautiful bird

Excellent shots Tammy

Congratulations Tammy. You have som lovely images to add to you collection.

Well caught Tammy.

Awwwww..... how cute! Lucky you Tammy. Wish there's one in my backyard.

Nice series. Have only seen these guys on the West Coast and always at a distance. Pretty bird despite his banged up beak.

may be an escaped bird from a pen-raised group whose bills are often cut to prevent pecking on cellmates.

^^ That makes sense since this doesn't appear to be a bird seen on the east coast. Beautiful bird though and very nice shots.

Thanks for the compliments everyone, I really appreciate it! It really was a cool bird to see! Sadly I haven't seen it again since that weekend. It was nice while it was around though.

dgraham329 wrote in post #14447502
may be an escaped bird from a pen-raised group whose bills are often cut to prevent pecking on cellmates.

Aww. that's sad. I was really surprised when I started reading about it and realized it's not commonly found in this area. I hope its ok and survives out on it's own

Thanks again everyone!

Good images. Hopefully it will come back

Well done Tammy! I'm glad you decided to post more.

2slo wrote in post #14449650
Good images. Hopefully it will come back

I keep hoping but I think it has left for good

2slo wrote in post #14449650
Well done Tammy! I'm glad you decided to post more.

Thanks!