What kind of bird is this?

Factual Questions
1

My sister-in-law discovered this bird flying around outside her house in Wisconsin a few days ago. What is it? I’m guessing someone’s escaped pet, but maybe not? It has oddlychicken-ish feet.

2

It could be related to panache45’s invisible sea creature - your links don’t work.

3

I don’t think you can link to your email account.

4

Your links don’t work for me. I get a server error message. Please try again.

5

Oops…OK, one minute…

6

OK, here: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_DWwpklihns0/S73msBAcYnI/AAAAAAAAAIo/k8WmfISYiHE/bird.JPG

7

Looks like a golden pheasant.

8

It does indeed. Wonder what it was doing in their yard…

9

It is. A game farm must have raised some.

10

Thanks guys!

11

Looks like another cheap Chinese import. :>