Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
#pheasants #ringneckedpheasant #vibrantbirds
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Stunning Ring-necked Pheasants in the Wild
Get ready to witness the vibrant beauty of one of the most eye-catching birds in the wild — the Ring-Necked Pheasant!
In this video, we follow these stunning birds through fields and farmlands, showcasing their brilliant plumage and fascinating behaviors, and surprising survival skills. Whether you're a birdwatcher, hunter, or just someone who appreciates nature’s artistry, you’ll be captivated by these colorful characters.
What You'll Learn:
• Why male pheasants are so colorful (and what it means for their survival)
• Where they originally came from
• Surprising facts about their diet, habitat, and calls
📸 Featuring real wild footage, fun facts, and stunning close-ups that show these birds like you've never seen before.
The male’s colorfulness serves as a signal of health and fitness, indicating that they are capable of producing offspring which means a greater survival rate and healthiness of the offspring.
Ring-necked Pheasants were introduced to Oregon from Asia in 1881 as a game bird. Since that original introduction, they have become an iconic part of the American rural landscape.
In fall and winter, Ring-necked Pheasants eat seeds—especially grain from farm fields—as well as grasses, leaves, roots, wild fruits and nuts, and insects. Their spring and summer diet is similar, but with a greater emphasis on animal prey and fresh greenery. They eat insects such as grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, crickets, and ants, as well as snails and earthworms. They can retrieve roots or seeds from as deep as three inches below the soil surface. They also sometimes forage in shrubs or trees for fruit, leaves, and buds.
Male Ring-necked Pheasants establish breeding territories in early spring. A male maintains sovereignty over his acreage by crowing and calling; he approaches intruders with head and tail erect, and may tear up grass that he then tosses. Competitors sometimes resort to physical combat. After a series of escalating threat displays, fighting cocks flutter upward, breast to breast, and bite at each other’s wattles. They may take turns leaping at each other with bill, claws, and spurs deployed.
youtu.be/BasGDXUbUys
youtu.be/BmNcauTcCm4
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro Male
0:15 Fluffing feathers
0:21 Sideview
0:30 Call
0:35 looking at camera
0:41 Foraging
0:52 Flying
0:58 Female foraging
1:09 Several females
1:15 male strutting
1:22 Males foraging
1:42 Male close-up
1:56 running away
Stunning Ring-necked Pheasants in the Wild | Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | Faisán Vulgar | Faisan de Colchide | Ring-necked Pheasant call | Ring-necked Pheasant Sound | Upland Game Birds | Pheasants 4ever |
Pheasant eating, running calling | Ring necked | In the wild | Nature: Ring-necked pheasants | Things you should know about PHEASANTS! | Beautiful Birds - The Ring-Necked Pheasant | Vibrant Birds | Colorful Birds | The Ring-necked Pheasant - A Tribute to this Iconic Bird | South Dakota's State Bird | Long-tailed Birds | More Colorful than a Peacock | Common Pheasant or Ring-necked Pheasant calling | Ring-necked Pheasant call | Ring-necked Pheasant Flying | Ring-necked Pheasant Flushing |
🎵 Music in this video 🎵:
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ALL IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO ARE COPYRIGHTED, ©Becca Wood - B. Wood Photography. No part of this video shall be downloaded, altered or reproduced in any way or by any means without the formal written permission of B. Wood Photography. All Rights Reserved
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🎞️ My Gear:
Cameras 📷:
Canon 1 DX Mark III camera
Canon 1 DX
Canon 5d Mark II
GoPro 9 Black
GoPro 7 Silver
DJI Mavic Air 2
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Lenses:
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS Usm Lens
Canon 1.4x Extender
Canon 2.0x III Extender
_______________________________
Gitzo carbon fiber tripod
Manfrotto tripod
Manfrotto monopod
Joby Gorilla Pod
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Celebrating Life Magazine: bwoodphotography.com/Products/Magazine
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#pheasants #ringneckedpheasant #vibrantbirds
youtube.com/c/BWoodPhotography
bwoodphotography.com
To license footage please contact me at: becca@bwoodphotography.com
Stunning Ring-necked Pheasants in the Wild
Get ready to witness the vibrant beauty of one of the most eye-catching birds in the wild — the Ring-Necked Pheasant!
In this video, we follow these stunning birds through fields and farmlands, showcasing their brilliant plumage and fascinating behaviors, and surprising survival skills. Whether you're a birdwatcher, hunter, or just someone who appreciates nature’s artistry, you’ll be captivated by these colorful characters.
What You'll Learn:
• Why male pheasants are so colorful (and what it means for their survival)
• Where they originally came from
• Surprising facts about their diet, habitat, and calls
📸 Featuring real wild footage, fun facts, and stunning close-ups that show these birds like you've never seen before.
The male’s colorfulness serves as a signal of health and fitness, indicating that they are capable of producing offspring which means a greater survival rate and healthiness of the offspring.
Ring-necked Pheasants were introduced to Oregon from Asia in 1881 as a game bird. Since that original introduction, they have become an iconic part of the American rural landscape.
In fall and winter, Ring-necked Pheasants eat seeds—especially grain from farm fields—as well as grasses, leaves, roots, wild fruits and nuts, and insects. Their spring and summer diet is similar, but with a greater emphasis on animal prey and fresh greenery. They eat insects such as grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, crickets, and ants, as well as snails and earthworms. They can retrieve roots or seeds from as deep as three inches below the soil surface. They also sometimes forage in shrubs or trees for fruit, leaves, and buds.
Male Ring-necked Pheasants establish breeding territories in early spring. A male maintains sovereignty over his acreage by crowing and calling; he approaches intruders with head and tail erect, and may tear up grass that he then tosses. Competitors sometimes resort to physical combat. After a series of escalating threat displays, fighting cocks flutter upward, breast to breast, and bite at each other’s wattles. They may take turns leaping at each other with bill, claws, and spurs deployed.
youtu.be/BasGDXUbUys
youtu.be/BmNcauTcCm4
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro Male
0:15 Fluffing feathers
0:21 Sideview
0:30 Call
0:35 looking at camera
0:41 Foraging
0:52 Flying
0:58 Female foraging
1:09 Several females
1:15 male strutting
1:22 Males foraging
1:42 Male close-up
1:56 running away
Stunning Ring-necked Pheasants in the Wild | Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | Faisán Vulgar | Faisan de Colchide | Ring-necked Pheasant call | Ring-necked Pheasant Sound | Upland Game Birds | Pheasants 4ever |
Pheasant eating, running calling | Ring necked | In the wild | Nature: Ring-necked pheasants | Things you should know about PHEASANTS! | Beautiful Birds - The Ring-Necked Pheasant | Vibrant Birds | Colorful Birds | The Ring-necked Pheasant - A Tribute to this Iconic Bird | South Dakota's State Bird | Long-tailed Birds | More Colorful than a Peacock | Common Pheasant or Ring-necked Pheasant calling | Ring-necked Pheasant call | Ring-necked Pheasant Flying | Ring-necked Pheasant Flushing |
🎵 Music in this video 🎵:
artlist.io/Becca-1378936
ALL IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO ARE COPYRIGHTED, ©Becca Wood - B. Wood Photography. No part of this video shall be downloaded, altered or reproduced in any way or by any means without the formal written permission of B. Wood Photography. All Rights Reserved
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🎞️ My Gear:
Cameras 📷:
Canon 1 DX Mark III camera
Canon 1 DX
Canon 5d Mark II
GoPro 9 Black
GoPro 7 Silver
DJI Mavic Air 2
_______________________________
Lenses:
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS Usm Lens
Canon 1.4x Extender
Canon 2.0x III Extender
_______________________________
Gitzo carbon fiber tripod
Manfrotto tripod
Manfrotto monopod
Joby Gorilla Pod
--------------------------------------------------
Website: bwoodphotography.com
Celebrating Life Magazine: bwoodphotography.com/Products/Magazine
--------------------------------------------------
Social Media:
Facebook: @BWoodPhotos
Instagram: @bwoodphotography
--------------------------------------------------
"God is in the details." Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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