Chukars and Bambie

hvydrt · Post by **hvydrt** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:29 pm

I saw three Chukars today in the San Bernardino Mountains. They are neat looking birds, I didn't know we had them around here:

Also saw 2 baby deer with the mom, they were far away so I didn't get a very good picture:

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:38 pm

Very nice!

Post by **HikeUp** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:19 pm

Illegal aliens!

Introduced from the Middle East for sport hunting purposes.

Cool sighting though - thanks!

obie · Post by **obie** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:46 pm

Very cool looking birds. Thanks!

obie · Post by **obie** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:53 pm

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"The Idaho Falls Chukars are a minor league baseball affiliate of the Kansas City Royals."

I say we trade two McCourts for the Chukars and start all over again at Chavez.

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:53 pm

Ugh! Non-native birds... good eatin', though.

Were you on the desert side of the mountains?

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:55 pm

obie wrote: ]

"The Idaho Falls Chukars are a minor league baseball affiliate of the Kansas City Royals."

I say we trade two McCourts for the Chukars and start all over again at Chavez.

Get Mark Cuban to buy the Dodgers. He'll turn them around!
(sorry, no hijacking intended)

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:42 pm

I thought chukkars were a desert bird, too. Here is one we saw in Death Valley near Corkscrew Peak, March, 2007.

hvydrt · Post by **hvydrt** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:42 pm

Mike P wrote: Were you on the desert side of the mountains?

Yeah, on the east side, but they were at about 8000'

PackerGreg · Post by **PackerGreg** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:28 pm

hvydrt wrote: I saw three Chukars

That's my new rap name: "Three Pack Chukar"

Rumpled · Post by **Rumpled** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:05 pm

Tasty Chuckar!
They are more prevalent in the desert, and tend towards the higher, rockier areas.
I've seen them pretty high in the Tehachapis/Southern Sierra.

obie · Post by **obie** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:06 pm

O helll yea..."intense and often unrequited, love" . Hanging out above 4000' - sounds familiar.

The Chukar is the National bird of Pakistan. In Punjab, the Chukar has been considered as a symbol of intense, and often unrequited, love. It was considered to be enamoured by the moon and said to constantly gaze at it.[33] Due to their pugnacious behaviour during the breeding season they are kept in some areas as fighting birds.[8][15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukar_Partridge