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Ring-necked Pheasant Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite:  Our state bird (despite being an introduced species), and one that you can find all over the state. Many of the photos below are from the Presho area, where there are many hunting operations.  Not only are there many naturally reproducing pheasant in the area, but some operations raise and release pheasants for hunting.  The photo below is from one of my favorite birding locations, southwest of Presho. I couldn't have asked for a better situation with bird...a beautiful male Ring-necked Pheasant, making a perfect pose with a little head turn, right next to a "no hunting" sign, and right at dawn with some gorgeous, warm morning light.

Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 1 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 2 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 3 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 4 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 1

Ring-necked Pheasant 2

Ring-necked Pheasant 3

Ring-necked Pheasant 4

February 16th, 2004

February 12th, 2011

February 1st, 2005 

February 12th, 2011 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Lyman County, South Dakota 

Lyman County, South Dakota 

Lyman County, South Dakota  

Male and female posing on top of a hay bale 

Full-length profile of a male taking flight over a snowy field 

Close up portrait of the head and upper body of a male in grassland 

Profile of a male pheasant in a snowy field 

Ring-necked Pheasant 5 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 6 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 7 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 8 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 5

Ring-necked Pheasant 6

Ring-necked Pheasant 7

Ring-necked Pheasant 8

February 12th, 2011 

February 12th, 2011

January 17th, 2010 

January 17th, 2010 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Lyman County, South Dakota 

Lyman County, South Dakota 

Closeup portrait of a female head and upper body

Female in typical habitat with snow on the ground 

Male strutting through an open snowy field 

Male posing in an open snowy field 

Ring-necked Pheasant 9 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 10 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 11 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 12 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 9

Ring-necked Pheasant 10 

Ring-necked Pheasant 11 

Ring-necked Pheasant 12 

February 12th, 2011 

May 14th, 2004

May 14th, 2004 

May 14th, 2004

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota 

Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota 

Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota 

Female in snowy grassland habitat 

Close-up profile of male in green spring grassland 

Profile of a male in lush, green spring grassland 

Profile of a male in lush, green spring grassland 

Ring-necked Pheasant 13 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 14 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 15 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 16 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 13 

Ring-necked Pheasant 14 

Ring-necked Pheasant 15 

Ring-necked Pheasant 16 

April 12th, 2005 

August 1st, 2008 

November 26th, 2008 

November 26th, 2008 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Male in the stubble of the previous year's soybean field

Female perched on top of a wooden fence post 

Male pheasant posing next to a "No Hunting" sign 

Profile of a male in the short, cut grass along the side of a gravel road 

Ring-necked Pheasant 17 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 18 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 19 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 20 - Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant 17 

Ring-necked Pheasant 18 

Ring-necked Pheasant 19 

Ring-necked Pheasant 20 

January 17th, 2010 

February 12th, 2011 

February 12th, 2011

February 12th, 2011 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Near Presho, South Dakota 

Female with over-the-shoulder look in a snowy field 

Male taking flight over shortgrass prairie 

Female pheasant in flight 

Profile of a male posigin in grassy field

Ring-necked Pheasant 21 - Phasianus colchicus 

Ring-necked Pheasant 22 - Phasianus colchicus 

Ring-necked Pheasant 23 - Phasianus colchicus 

 

Ring-necked Pheasant 21

Ring-necked Pheasant 22

Ring-necked Pheasant 23

 

March 22nd, 2019 

January 3rd, 2020 

January 3rd, 2020 

 

Near Corson, South Dakota 

Lyman County, South Dakota 

Lyman County, South Dakota 

 

Male pheasant profile in soybean field stubble 

Male pheasant strutting through the snow in shortgrass prairie habitat

Male pheasant posing in  the snow in shortgrass prairie habitat 

 

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