[ID: a digital drawing of a ring necked pheasant, a long tailed, colorfully patterned brown bird with a green and red head, perched on a log. It’s surrounded by mushrooms, grasses, and bird tracks on a blue background. End.]

Ring-necked pheasant! I saw one in the wild in New Year’s Day foraging at the edge of a farm and was so charmed by his hopping gait and iridescent colors.