AtTheMurph
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For Spring break the wife and I went to visit daughter who is in college in Rome. One day we took a side trip to Ostia Antica, the old Roman port on the Tiber. (The Tiber isn't deep enough to handle the size of the Roman cargo ships of the day so they had to off load and reload onto smaller ships to make the final sail into Rome itself. Very cool place.)
Anyways, as were are walking around the Roman ruins of Ostia I hear a cock cackle. At first I thought it must be something else. Then I hear another then another. Not a ton of cover from where I heard the bird so I decided to see if I could flush something.
Lo and behold, I kicked up not one but three cocks - Ringnecks.....
Surprised the heck out of me. Never thought about Italy having pheasants.
Anyways, as were are walking around the Roman ruins of Ostia I hear a cock cackle. At first I thought it must be something else. Then I hear another then another. Not a ton of cover from where I heard the bird so I decided to see if I could flush something.
Lo and behold, I kicked up not one but three cocks - Ringnecks.....
Surprised the heck out of me. Never thought about Italy having pheasants.