Female Ring-necked Pheasant

A crummy photo, but these gals are hard to get a photo of - I find - but I did want to add this to my Birds of Alberta Set. When you do catch sight of one, they are running through the tall grass and totally disappear from sight. However, you can still get an idea of the rather fine feather pattern. She was with a male yesterday afternoon in Fish Creek Park, just after I had checked on one of the families of Great Horned Owls - mum and an owlet (I believe one of two) were tucked down in the nest. Mum was trying to get a bit of sleep, I suspect, but kept being disturbed by a restless little white ball of fluff : )