[EBB Sightings] Ring-Necked Pheasant in Berkeley

At 2:30 PM -0800 3/4/10, David Brostoff wrote:

>At 12:07 PM -0800 3/3/10, David Brostoff wrote:
>>At about 11:30 this morning I was very surprised to see a 
>>Ring-necked Pheasant only about 15 feet from my window. (I live in 
>>Berkeley, in the lower hills near Dwight and Prospect.)
>>
>>A stunning bird, and all the more so because it was completely unexpected.
>I forgot to ask whether anyone has seen these in nearby areas such 
>as Tilden Park? (I have seen sightings mentioned in Antioch before, 
>but not Berkeley.)

A list member wrote to me directly to say that someone living near me 
had bought a pair of pheasants that escaped this week. (The one I saw 
was a male.) A little disappointing to learn that it was not a wild 
bird, but it was still a magnificent sight.

David