### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Pheasant
* Most Pheasants are large birds with very long, pointed tails
  - have long, strong legs with four-toed clawed feet
* Most pheasants are known as pheasants
  - come from eggs
  - consume corn
  - depend on vegetation
* Most pheasants eat food
  - fruit
  - grain
  - seedlings
  - feed on grain
  - fly over ground
  - has-part tails
* Most pheasants have bellies
  - ranges
  - sight
  - live in nests
  - make nests
  - prefer vegetation
  - reach ages
  - require food
* Most pheasants survive icy winter
  - late winter
  - seasons
* Some pheasants are located in nests
  - on ground
* Some pheasants change food habits
* Some pheasants defend breed territory
  - eat ants
  - enter nests
  - fly over fields
  - follow patterns
* Some pheasants have chicken lice
  - faces
  - reward bands
* Some pheasants hide in grass
  - waterways
* Some pheasants live in France
  - countrysides
  - marsh
  - mountains
  - regions
  - prefer seeds
  - require habitats
* Some pheasants thrive in gardens
* also seek out densely vegetated marsh or creek-side areas during bitter weather.
* are Kansas' staple game bird.
* are a crop of the land when properly managed
  - grassland-dependent species associated with agriculture
  - lot like humans in that they live their lives on a fairly predictable basis
  - also common
  - certainly among the most beautiful of birds, tinted in the entire color range
  - chicken-like with stout bills
  - closed to nonresidents
  - dependent on moisture, especially during the nesting season
  - distant ancestors of domesticated chickens
  - fowl
  - hard to flush up and one almost has to have a dog
  - less numerous, but are hunted
  - naturally free roaming game birds
  - omnivorous birds and therefore pheasants eat both plant and animal matter
  - polygynous and cocks defend a harem with several hens
  - popular game birds enjoyed by millions of sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts alike
  - seasonal breeders
  - similar in physiology to the chicken with stout bills
  - tied very closely to farms with a high number of good field edges
* begin to decline.
* belong to a family that includes some of the most beautiful birds in the world.
* can also be easy to track on muddy or snow-covered ground
  - become part of farming profits
  - damage crops like tomatoes, melons, and seedling corn
  - live on only weeds seeds through the winter if temperatures allow it
  - make wonderful pets
* construct nests on the ground, of grasses, twigs and rootlets.
* damage seedling corm by pulling up the plants, possibly to get the corn seed.
* die of old age.
* eat insects, seeds and berries and nest on the ground
  - weed seeds, corn, soybeans and other crops
* find food.
* frequently use alfalfa for nesting, but many nests are destroyed by mowing.
* grow two sets of primaries the first year.
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* like to hide in the corn.
* locate food in areas melted or blown free of snow, or by scratching.
* need energy
  - less energy
  - stand water
* often lay eggs in the prairie chickens' nests.
* prefer corn to sorghum, although sorghum provides better winter habitat
  - cultivated farmland habitat mixed with weedy fencerows, ditches and corners
  - diversified agricultural and grain-producing regions
  - wooded shelter belts for winter survival
* require food, cover and a place with right conditions for reproduction to be abundant
  - weedy fence rows, ditch banks or brushy woods for escape cover
* roam ground.
* seeking grit along roads are victims of car collisions.
* seem to like to eat wood shavings.
* share fields.
* swallow food.
* take most of their food from the ground, scratching or digging with their bills.
* tend to be hardy birds.
* use diversified habitats
  - odd areas for nesting and winter cover
  - woody cover throughout the year