Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/cache.php on line 99 Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/query.php on line 21 Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/theme.php on line 576 mamma-mia-island » Blog Archive » Hunting for the most …delicious pheasant

Warning: mktime(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 19 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 28 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 30 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 32 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 33 Warning: mktime(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 19 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 28 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 30 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 32 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/webprofile/v1.1/mamma-mia-island.com/blogs/blog-english/wp-includes/functions.php on line 33

Hunting for the most …delicious pheasant

A rare species and an exquisite animal to hunt for. Its scientific name is Phasianus colchius

Pheasants belong to the same race as chickens, turkeys, helmeted guinea fowls, peacocks, grouses, and quails. It is a medium or large sized bird, with a heavy body, short back and rounded wings. Its beak is bent and powerful. Male pheasants have vivid, bright colours, while females have an earth like colour.

Skopelos has many pheasants, most of them living on Palouki mountain. It is almost certain for you to see a colourful male pheasant, if you choose to take a walk to the monasteries of Agioi Anargyroi and Agia Anna, especially during Spring or Fall. But we have seen a lot of pheasants during Summer time too, near the top of Palouki. What surprised us was that they didn’t look scared by our presence and we had the chance to take a closer look, and admire them. We also glazed at the wonderful view of the nearby islands Skantzoura (deserted) and Alonisos (which has a lot of tourism activity). Pheasants go out during daylight and despite the fact that it is a bird that lives mostly on the ground it cuddles on trees. Pheasants do not fly like birds but are great runners. They only fly when they are in an emergency and that is much harder on rainy days. It has a very developed sight and hearing. Pheasants build their nests under bushes and use them as a hide when they are in danger. It hatches 8-15 eggs annually and their colour varies from olive-brown to green-grey. It is an omnivorous bird and its diet is mostly vegetal (80-90%) and less zoic (10-20%). It is a strictly monogamic bird.

Warning: The hunting season of the pheasant lasts only for a short time every year!

Tags: , , ,

Leave a Reply