Unusual birds in the woods.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So I toddle out to the back yard to read Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island, which I am enjoying immensely. There may have been a cigarette involved.

I heard a rustling in the woods just beyond our tiny back yard. (Mill Hill Park, in other words.) Animal? Yes. Deer? No. It’s a bird… A large bird. Owl? No. Victorian Snowy Pigeon?* No. Oh, just the neighbour’s cat. No. It’s not the neighbour’s cat. It’s a large, heavy bird. Cautiously, I stood and approached the woods, skirting my large pile of garden/lawn detritus (it will compost in approximately 28 years, I think.) An odd bird, a white bird… With an unusual plume on its head. I moved ever closer, curious.

A white peacock was in the woods behind our house tonight.

I had two beers at dinner, but my husband can provide independent verification. A white peacock.

*This creature does not actually exist.

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Flannery O’Connor raised White Peafowl.

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Asparagus makes my pee foul.

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Thanks for sharing!

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I once saw a snow white peacock at the zoo in Manhattan, Kansas. It was gorgeous, especially when it spread it’s tail feathers.

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The unusual bird is out of the woods and hanging around our, and the neighbour’s, driveway.

It likes budgie food.

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I hate you.
:slight_smile:

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Albino peacocks are common here.

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Pretty cool!

They have a really obnoxious call – but if I ever had a lot of land, I’d definitely get peacocks.

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Perhaps not, but it’s closely-appellated cousin, the Victoria Crowned Pigeon most certainly does!

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Yeah. Just wait until it gets hungry about 2 AM some night and starts calling for its food. You (and the neighbors for a radius of about 1/2 mile) will be sorry then…

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I’ve heard it – her – make some strange sounds at dusk. She’s not an albino though; her eyes are dark.

The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is a neat looking bird!