I had a surprise when looking out my patio doors this morning. There stood a bird I had never seen before.
I grabbed the camera and the Audubon book !
It turned out I had a Ringed-neck Pheasant ! I have never seen one in this area before and certainly not by my patio !
He later scared me as he flushed out from behind a pot, where he was hiding, in the area I was watering. He seems to be eating my pyracantha berries and my Poppy buds. ( not to happy about the poppy bud eating ) Still it is a nice treat to have him here.