to be delighted a fox killed a pheasant

[CaresMildly]

Thus giving me some rather attractive feathers to liven up the Easter table centrepiece.

IKIlledIgglePiggle, the people who are shooting pheasants near your house are breaking the law if you're in the UK or IOM. It's the close season. CaresMildly, your OP is tasteless in all respects.

Graham Tribe: if it is indeed tasteless to collect things from the hedgerow to make a decoration for Easter with my 3 year old daughter then so be it.

I'd rather be tasteless than have my head up my arse about a dead pheasant's feathers.

Hmmm, tasteless - nope. Practical, yes.

Wildlife eats other wildlife. Fact. No need for OP to wail and cry over it.