A male Ringed Neck Pheasant struts his stuff on a sunny March afternoon. A nice large group sure did add color to the rapidly melting grain field on a late winter day.
For such big birds in open fields these guys always seem tough to photograph. Always moving and understandably a bit skittish.
nature has no boss 
Great photo!
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Thanks, it is always nice to see these birds out in the spring fields.
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Exquisite photo, Mike. Pheasant are so skittish, they are nearly impossible to capture, which is a shame because they are so beautiful. Usually the long grass that they scurry through is an impediment too, not so for this moment.
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Hi Jet, it was a good day to see these guys in the early spring fields. No long grass to hide in although they are quite adept at quickly slipping into whatever cover is around and tend to hang out near that cover.
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rare to see one in South Carolina. Though perhaps they might be in the upstate woods.
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Hi Ted, they are sure showy and a pleasure to spend some time observing.
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Plenty to see – lovely photograph in great late winter conditions – thanks, Mike!
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It is nice to have a chance to get a photo of these guys before those grain fields grow again the these birds will be well out of sight.
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Handsome in his breeding plumage!
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Very handsome and he needs to be with all the other males strutting their stuff in that field.
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I love how colourful it is!
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Those colors are something else indeed.
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Spectacular birds! I had forgotten the intricacy of the plumage–I usually see them in motion!
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Hi and it was a nice treat to get a photos of this guy to be able to study all that color. They are big but shy.
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