The ring-necked pheasant has been a resident species of Detroit for decades, so Detroit Audubon and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Adventure Center will conduct four, 90-minute Detroit Pheasant Walks on April 30 at 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.

            The riverfront walks will look and listen for this beautiful grassland bird and look for other migrant birds passing through for the season. As an extra bonus, watch the award-winning documentary short Pheasants of Detroit, by Diane Cheklich and Diane Weiss, at the conclusion of the walk.

            Because of its abundant open space, Detroit has a thriving ring-necked pheasant population. Cheklich says, “Detroit is probably the only major city in the whole U.S. that has a population of wild game birds walking around, like literally on urban streets. You don’t see pheasants in New York or Chicago or San Francisco, so it’s sort of a cool thing that’s unique to Detroit.”

The program is free. Location: 1801 Atwater St., Detroit. For more information, call 844-622-6367 or visit Michigan.gov/oac.