1) Adults (along with other wildlife) are decimated in some localities.
2) High temps and drought stress chicks, few survive.
3) A warm winter and spring moved wheat harvest 3 weeks earlier than it has ever been before, robbing young birds of critical shade and shelter.
This is what global warming looks like. Spring in some areas looks like fall.
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So,
ReplyDeleteDo what we do in Indiana and breed the birds. Darrel, we boast a small but stable resident pheasant population along the state line with Illinois. I am thinking about joining Pheasants Unlimited...
Ron