Bird Day - A Found (Then Lost) Pheasant

Today's bird is a real one. A pheasant found by the side of the road, still warm. Intended for dinner in the next day or so, but snatched from outside our shed by an unknown assailant. I think a wily old fox. I would’ve loved to have seen him take it, and run carrying it off to his den as pleased as punch and surely, to a very warm welcome from Mrs Fox and family. So, I can’t be too cross about it, but I was looking forward to getting my hands on all those glorious feathers though…