Sighting

One evening before dinner, Chauncey took the garbage down to the bins at the end of the driveway.  Moments later he returned.  He grabbed the binoculars and whispered to Eleanor to come quickly.  Eleanor was in the kitchen cooking dinner.  Chauncey, usually the cook, was taking the night off . 

Eleanor followed Chauncey out the front door.  Chauncey pointed to a large bird waddling across the lawn.  The bird had a dark red patch around its eye and a bright white ring around it’s neck.  Chauncey, looking through the binoculars, declared the bird's eyes to be golden.  Eleanor, new to the world of birdwatching, thought it looked like a creature from Harry Potter. 

The bird flew to the top of the garage.

Chauncey identified the bird as a ring necked pheasant.  When a siren sounded, the bird flew to the top of the garage and then later to the top of an avocado tree. 

The next morning, Eleanor woke to a deep clucking sound.  She knew instantly where it came from.  She looked out the window, and there was the pheasant calling out for someone to bring him his breakfast.  Chauncey was there, too, with binoculars, continuing his research into unusual occurrences in urban life.