I was checking something in my back yard this afternoon when my chickens started cackling a bit. Then I heard an ANSWER from the woods. I thought maybe a chicken had gotten out, but when I looked out over the fence, I was surprised to see a RING-NECKED PHEASANT in a maple tree. It was the Pheasant that answered the chickens, a new one on me. It sat in the tree for about twenty minutes, before flying off into the white pines, and running around on the ground for quite a while. This was the first Pheasant I've seen here in about 15 years, and that was one I had released myself. It's a little too wooded for Pheasant habitat, but I am happy to have it around. Do you think it has a thing for my chickens? joe in the woods Perry County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]