My post to the neighborhood yahoo list

Wild Pheasant? Turkey gone mad?

Hi,

I have a crazed pheasant ( I think, but I know nothing about birds)
that is making itself at home in my yard this afternoon. The trouble
is that it is also chasing my kids around the yard when they go out,
and even trying to peck at them! Then after I pulled the kids
inside, the bird has been jumping up and trying to perch on the
windowsills around our porch, pecking at the windows!

Anybody know anything about such birds in our neighborhood? Should
I call someone like DNR to come get this thing out of here?

Thanks,

Kate