Maggie's Farm

Ohio's Dept Natural Resources sometimes puts out pheasants. We've had them in our hay field, but they don't seem to take. Neither do any of the other game birds.

Our hill has turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, kestrels, mourning doves, cardinals, blue jays, nuthatches, titmouses, crows, chickadees, red-winged black birds, etc. etc. But no game birds.

Ohio is pretty well built up everywhere, at least in Central Ohio. You don't find dense woods or marshes or abandonned fields near towns. The towns just seep out into farms that abut one another. Ohio is a shotgun state for deer; no rifles allowed. This is because of the closeness of homes throughout most of the state. So there are lots of dogs, coyotes, racoons, possums, and this might have something to do with the lack of game birds.