EISPIRATEN

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:

Very nice!

Illegal aliens!

Introduced from the Middle East for sport hunting purposes.

Cool sighting though - thanks!

Very cool looking birds. Thanks!

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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.

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

Were you on the desert side of the mountains?

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)

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

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

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

hvydrt wrote: ↑I saw three Chukars

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

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.

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