Spirit Guide of the day is Pheasant! As spring grows stronger, take some time to plant a garden either indoors or outdoors. Pair this with dressing up a bit in playful clothing to match the bright spring mood, going out with friends or alone. Now is a time for vitality to peak so take advantage of it. Make sure to stay grounded, because that is when you are at your best to decipher any spiritual information for practical use. People who connect with Pheasant may want to investigate a past life connection within Asia and are very patient, open people. These individuals enjoy variety in their life from people to places and enjoy open spaces to roam in, garage and rummage sales where they can find hidden treasures, and are able to endure situations for as long as possible with a quiet confidence for a better future.

The Ring-necked Pheasant, Phesiarus Colchicus, are large chicken-like birds with iconic, long pointed tails, a small head, and plump body. Male Ring-necked Pheasants are brightly colored birds with red faces and an iridescent green neck with a bold white ring. They possess long tails sporting a copper color with thin, black bars. Females, in contrast, are brown with a paler color on the upperparts and cinnamon colored underparts sporting black spots on the sides and black bars on their tails. These avians have powerful, specialized breast muscles that deliver bursts of power, enabling Pheasants to escape trouble in a hurry by rushing vertically into the air with speeds as fast as 40 miles per hour. Normal behavior usually revolves around foraging in fields, keeping to walking and running for the majority of time unless startled or threatened when they will resort to flying. Ring-necked Pheasants prefer living in fields near marches, agricultural land, brushy groves, and woodland borders. Although, they have been known to also live in grasslands, forests, and deserts. They prefer each habitat depending on what needs they have. In the spring and summer, they roost in trees or dense shrubs while in the fall they prefer farm fields and weedy areas. These birds have a diet of seeds, roots, wild fruits, nuts, insects, and grasses during the fall and winter. In the spring and summer, they put a greater emphasis on hunting for fresher greens and animal prey such as beetles, crickets, earthworms, caterpillars, and ants. Using their sharp bills and talons, they scratch at the earth to dig up their prey. Male Pheasants will establish a breeding territory in the Spring, maintaining leadership by crowing and calling. To ward of intruders, he will approach with head and tail erect and often tear of grasses that are tossed in the air. Fights can break out between competing males where they will leap and bite at each other, attempting to attach with beak and with the sharp spurs on their feet. These fights are rarely fatal, the weaker of the two often just running away. A male's territory will include a breeding group of females that he will court with strutting or running, flashing his red wattle located around his eyes and posing with tidbits of food offered to the female. A Ring-necked Pheasant's nest is an unlined or sparsely lined, roughly made creation in which the female will line grasses, leaves, corn husks, and feathers from her own breast. These nests are often built on the ground surrounded by tall vegetation. When cleaning, these birds prefer to use a dust bath to roll and sweep their wings in rather than water.