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Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:39 pm to wickowick
gotcha maybe I was confusing myself. 
I think you're right it was pheasant...
I think you're right it was pheasant...
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:41 pm to jorconalx
quote:They are kinda tough.
I was death on yella hammers when I was a kid.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:42 pm to wickowick
Looking at google images, I'm thinking the chukkar is closest, all except the base color (in some images) and the rest crest on the head.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:43 pm to 4X4DEMON
like this but with a red spot on top of the head and the black lines went across it's back
This post was edited on 1/12/15 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:51 pm to 4X4DEMON
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with a red spot on top of the head and the black lines went across it's back
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:55 pm to AlxTgr
The hell is that thing?
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:02 pm to wickowick
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:14 pm to wickowick
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:23 pm to wickowick
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:23 pm to Bleeding purple
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:24 pm to AlxTgr
meets his description
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:26 pm to AlxTgr
it was a flicker I would imagine. Seems I have seen em on the ground eating too.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:30 pm to AlxTgr
The red spot was on the very top, like a cap, not really on the back of the neck, but yea I might be willing to concede that it was one of those Alx. Thats a woodpecker? I only saw it on the ground or very near the ground in a bush. I suppose it's possible.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:35 pm to 4X4DEMON
quote:Yeah, but they forage on the ground way more than any other woodpecker. In fact, I've never seen one actually pecking wood.
Thats a woodpecker?
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:36 pm to AlxTgr
I'm willing to bet thats what it was then. Seemed fatter than the pictures show, but it could have been ruffled up since it was so cold saturday.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:36 pm to 4X4DEMON
everyone here immediately thinks peckerwood
OP swears it is not a WP
everyone continues to suggest WP but also look for other possibilities
4 pgs later OP agrees that it is a WP and horses are more common in TX than zebras.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:37 pm to Bleeding purple
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:37 pm to 4X4DEMON
quote:
Thats a woodpecker?
quote:
Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with a gentle expression and handsome black-scalloped plumage. On walks, don’t be surprised if you scare one up from the ground. It’s not where you’d expect to find a woodpecker, but flickers eat mainly ants and beetles, digging for them with their unusual, slightly curved bill. When they fly you’ll see a flash of color in the wings – yellow if you’re in the East, red if you’re in the West – and a bright white flash on the rump.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 3:42 pm to Bleeding purple
It didn't look and act like no woodpecker I've ever seen. The pictures of that thing are still not exactly what I saw. The other pictures posted of the flicker didn't look anything like what I saw. I'm still not convinced it was a flicker. Way fatter and the red spot is not the same. Also in that description from the link they say there should be red or yellow under it's wings. I saw nothing like that while it was flying around.
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