The case summed up Maia Kristoffersen and her roommate caught a golden pheasant on the way to a Christmas party in Larvik. They first thought it was a parrot because of the bird’s colorful plumage. After contacting the wildlife board and several animal clinics and pet stores without finding a temporary foster home, they brought the bird to the Christmas table. The golden pheasant, whom they called Ben Redic, became the talk of the night at the party. The pheasant will now be quarantined before it gets a new home in Dilling in Østfold. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. The mildly unusual story unfolded last Saturday. Maia Kristoffersen and her partner Tine from Kongsberg were on their way to a Christmas party in Larvik. As they approached Holmestrand, they spotted something out of the ordinary. – We saw the bird by the road near Hillestadvannet and got out of the car to stop the traffic. The bird crossed the road. At first we thought it was a parrot, because it had such nice and tropical colors. It was no parrot, but a golden pheasant. The golden pheasant The golden pheasant is a bird species in the pheasant family. The male has beautiful plumage with a golden nose and nape, and a large, orange neck collar with black cross stripes. The belly is red and the back yellow. The female is more inconspicuous in color. It is 90–105 cm tall. This is an Asian bird that originally only occurred in mountainous areas in China. It has been released in several places in Europe, and in the British Isles it has established itself in a wild state. It is also exhibited in several places in North America and South America. Source: Store Norske Lexikon The golden pheasant is a bit of a spectacle. The male is 90–105 cm long, of which the tail accounts for a third. It is the national bird of China and described in both literature and art. It can fly, but prefers to run or walk on the ground. If it is startled, it will take off and fly up into the nearest tree. Disappeared under ice floes The two contacted the wildlife commission, while continuing to hunt for the special bird. It disappeared into the underbrush towards the water, and there was a lot of ice at the water’s edge. – At one point we went through the ice, but it wasn’t that deep. Fortunately, we managed to scare the bird away from the water, because we were afraid that it would go under the ice. A man came to help the two catch the pheasant. They circled the bird several times, but it was too fast. – Suddenly it ran under one of the ice floes. I could see the tail feathers and we agreed that this was the only chance. I grabbed the tail feathers and waited to be bitten, but the bird showed no sign of a fight, says Maia Kristoffersen. Here the golden pheasant is still on the run at Hillestadvannet in Holmestrand. Photo: Privat Calling the bird “a tropical hen”, the two got a good grip around the pheasant and held a jacket over it so it wouldn’t be frightened. The hunt for the pheasant took an hour in sub-zero temperatures. – We had long since realized that it was not a parrot. Lacking bird knowledge, we renamed it a tropical hen, laughs Maia. On advice from the wildlife board, they contacted the nearest animal clinics and pet shops, but no one was able to accept the bird. The couple was already late for the Christmas table. – Then we only had one choice, and that was that the pheasant was allowed to join the Christmas dinner, they laugh. Here is Ben Redic on his way to the Christmas party in Larvik, well wrapped in a jacket. Photo: Privat Kvelden’s talk show As said, so done. The golden pheasant was named Ben Redic Fy Fazan after the film about Flåklypa, and got to enjoy himself at a Christmas party in Larvik. – There was a rather special phone call to our friends: “Is it okay if we bring a golden pheasant to Christmas dinner”? It was naturally the talk of the evening. The golden pheasant suffered no hardship during the hours it was sheltered in Larvik. – It was allowed to live in a moving box, was given bird food and was well looked after, until it was picked up by a lady who is very interested in birds, says Maia. – It was a good thing you didn’t catch a turkey, because then things could have gone wrong on the Christmas table? – Our friends joked a lot about it, and wondered if they couldn’t just replace the ribs, laughs Maia. – Absolutely wild – Oi! Zoologist at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Einar Strømnes, explains when news makes contact. He thinks the story is special. Einar Strømnes is a zoologist at the Natural History Museum in Oslo. Photo: Per Aas – This is absolutely wild. I know they breed golden pheasants in Østfold, but they are not very good at flying. Then it is strange that it was in Holmestrand on the other side of the fjord. The golden pheasant has been used in estate and manor parks in England. – These are spices in everyday life, says Strømnes. He says that this is precisely what is special about birds. – The strangest birds can appear in the strangest places, he says. – A story I can’t miss Kristin Myrvang is a volunteer at Fuglehjelpen in Østfold. On Thursday, she and a colleague went to the vet with the golden pheasant for blood tests and a check-up. Now it will first be quarantined, then it will have a good life in Dilling in Østfold. – Either it has been released, or it has escaped from somewhere. If no one registers as the owner, it will have a good life at Fuglehjelpen’s reception, says Myrvang. The story ended well. Now Ben Redic will continue to live a good bird life in Østfold. 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