About 50 yrs. ago, parents had pheasants walking through their backyard in North Olmsted frequently. Now I believe it is a rare sight. This one showed up on top of a privacy fence about two hours ago. Walked around the neighborhood. Followed it to neighbors backyard where it was nervously perched up in some taxus bushes about 5 foot off the ground. Hope it survives. Do you think the tail has been cut off or is it just a young bird (book says young have short tail)? Thanks, Nancy Brewer ______________________________________________________________________ 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]