Silver Pheasant
OK, I get excited about pheasants, especially when they’re as gorgeous as these Asian ones. This silver pheasant is an ancient Chinese symbol – if you look at pictures of mandarin robes you can see it embroidered on them – I’m not sure what rank you had to hold to allow you to have a silver pheasant patch, but they were definitely part of the imperial dress code. He’s quite lovely. I have yet to see this particular one approach the front of his cage at the Bird Park, so it’s hard to get a good pictures without a lot of leaves and food bowls in the way.