Spring into  the 9th season of the BHHP family with a beautiful warm opening weekend.  This year is shaping up to be our best yet with renewed enthusiasm in activities  to help broaden an already full events calendar.   We can’t wait to get started to see what evolves!  Have an idea?  Show us what you’ve got!  We’re listening.

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The Red Golden Pheasant comes from Central China. The males are more colorful which serves to attract females during courtship and to draw predators from the nesting hen. Courtship is a year round behavior that consists of the male circling the female, stopping, spreading and displaying his cape and tail, standing on his toes and hissing. The female only accepts the male during spring and early summer and becomes the caregiver.

Mandarin Ducks

This beautiful little Asian duck is fairly easy to keep in captivity. A cavity nester like its relative the Wood Duck, it prefers to nest off the ground in a hole in a tree or similar situation. An average clutch is 8 eggs and the incubation period is 29 days.  In breeding plumage the male is unmistakable for any other species, with the conspicuous orange "sails" on his back.

NEW EDITIONS to the BHHP FAMILY

Wood ducks are some of the most beautiful waterfowl in the U.S. Over-harvesting and the loss of habitat in the early part of the century threatened them with extinction. Good management practices and thousands of wood duck nest boxes have helped them make a dramatic recovery  .

 “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”--John Muir