Speaking of Port Townsend, I'm sitting at the light making a right turn onto Hiway 20 from Discovery Road, when I see what I initially assume to be a chicken crossing Old Mill Road near the intersection. As I'm thinking to myself "why does the chicken cross the road," I realized it wasn't a chicken at all, but a male pheasant! Kind of a busy street for it to be nonchalantly stepping its way across.

Which led me to wonder -; what is the status of pheasants on the peninsula? Or the Olympic Peninsula for that matter? Is there a wild population, or are they released for hunting? I see they're yellow on the Jefferson County list, so not all that common to see.

Teresa Michelsen
Port Townsend, WA
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