Comments on: WEST SEATTLE BIRDS: RIP, Golden Pheasant https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/ West Seattle news, 24/7 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Karen https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2521084 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:44:57 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2521084 In reply to anonyme.

He didn’t like people much either…would attack anyone who came into my grandfather’s yard. Good guard bird! 

]]> By: Karen https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2521083 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:43:08 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2521083 I think my grandfather took care of this bird for a few years up on top of Genesee in West Seattle.  I am sad to hear he passed. 

]]> By: Just wondering https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520915 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:54:06 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520915 In reply to Mel.

At least this Donald looked natural!!!

]]> By: Lisa https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520913 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:26:38 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520913 About 6 years ago he was in our yard in Highland Park! Blew our minds! So sad to hear this. 

]]> By: Mamie https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520904 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 21:31:08 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520904 Thanks Kersti. This is sad. 

]]> By: anonyme https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520875 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 13:19:53 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520875 He hung around my yard for almost a week about a month ago.  I became rather attached to him, and began calling him Jin-ji (golden pheasant).  The saddest thing I saw was him perched on the power line, loudly vocalizing while searching the horizon for another of his kind – the mate he would never find.  It was so tempting to try and capture him, keep him safe, but he had been living wild for a very long time and seemed to be doing well – although he was missing his tail feathers, either due to molting or some kind of near-miss.  Goodbye Jin-ji, you noble bird.  Roam free.

]]> By: Kersti Muul https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520863 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 07:00:08 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520863 In reply to waikikigirl.

From the injuries, I surmise car strike.

]]> By: Rob I https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520860 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 06:20:27 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520860 Same red band on same leg as 2019 photo?

]]> By: WSB https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520859 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 06:18:19 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520859 In reply to Julia C..

https://westseattleblog.com/2020/11/for-everyone-who-wondered-what-ever-happened-to-the-west-seattle-turkey/

]]> By: Julia C. https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520858 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 05:55:16 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520858 That reminds me:  What happened to the West Seattle Turkey that was hanging around North Admiral during early COVID?  Have not heard of it in awhile.  Did I miss something?

]]> By: Demi https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520857 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 05:35:51 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520857 RIP. Pretty sure we saw him a few years ago at Pocket Park in Arbor Heights. It was an unforgettable sighting. 

]]> By: waikikigirl https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520852 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:17:31 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520852 How sad, a sighting of him was on another website just 5 days ago in Arbor Heights.         Do they know how he got injured? 

]]> By: Mel https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520851 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:15:00 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520851 No, not Lil’ Donald! You brightened this corner of the world. Thank you.

]]> By: R2 https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/west-seattle-birds-rip-golden-pheasant/#comment-2520848 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 03:24:00 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=1078937#comment-2520848 How sad. Though I never saw it in person, myself, I thought of this jewel of a creature often. 

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