BTW ditchparrot19, sorry for pirating your topic. We have wandered way off topic at this point. It was fun reminiscing though.
Sounds a lot like another species we are all familiar with.
Yeah, the ol' Chinese ringnecked pheasant appears to be headed down a similar path. There won't be any big movements here in California to save it, though. After all, it's a stinkin' non-native.