Tried different angles, basically just doing my best to make them look "right" by tweaking incessantly.
Very rough, and hair could really be a problem for me.
Lesson learned: the circle does not really help in angles > 60 degrees.
edit: uploaded the cropped pic with added main characters and some more pictures i did
looked at a ref of a pheasant and i don't know if I'll stick with it, but it looks a lot better than the first attempt.
the type of pheasants i referenced were the lady amherst pheasant and the golden pheasant, i sure would like to see Rodri attempt them!