Thanks to everyone who replied. I just wanted to be sure that my ID was correct. I was not very confident since everything that I read suggested that these birds where only out west, but I agree with most people who have responded that this was probably a captive bird that escaped or was released. I will be posting a picture up on my blog if anyone thinks that i have made an error on the ID please let me know. The picture is not that great since it crossed the road and was in the woods when I took the picture.
Thanks, Jeff http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ---- From: jeff fischer <[email protected]> To: mou-net at moumn.org Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:37:01 AM Subject: Chukar While birding in Carlos Avery last Friday I came across a bird which I have ID-ed as a chukar. From what I have read chukar are an Eursian game bird species that was introduced to the US. All references to chukar though place them in arid western states and not in Minnesota. Has anyone seen a chukar in Minnesota? Has anyone heard of people in this area raising them for hunting purposes? Or is there another similar looking species that I may be mistaking this for? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff Fischer http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070827/6fcee75a/attachment.html
