Please excuse the out of focus picture above but we had an interesting run-in on the way home from Christmas dinner tonight. As we turned off of Canal Road heading toward South Middlebush we saw a quick moving bird running along the side of the road. We stopped and I got a few quick (I emphasize quick resulting in the out of focus pictures shown above :)) shots before the Chukar took flight and shot off at high speed. The strength in his take off and flight were actually a bit surprising. Although most definitely a stocked game bird from a game farm somewhere, it was still an interesting encounter. Looks like he escaped being someone’s Christmas dinner. (Do people eat these things??)
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