With all it's celebration, lights, and noise, the pheasant should be our national bird. He is sure colorful enough to create a great a stir, came here like us from "across the pond", makes a lot of noise, and is feisty enough to put up a fight, and believes he is never wrong! If he was our national bird, I bet we could make allowances in habitat to support him better, including more fireworks about 4 months later!