The was a news item the other day saying how smart crows are. They'd didn't mention other birds. I've watched pheasants quite a lot in the garden and they seem quite stupid. Today we spotted this pheasant's nest on open ground in the garden. There was no real cover, so I don't think there's much hope of survival. When I was about 12, I did an essay at school on the peasants revolt. Every time I wanted to say "peasant" in the essay, which was quite a lot of times, I actually wrote "pheasant". I don't now think that pheasants could organise any kind of revolt.