[NatureNS] Peacock...a new Ontario winter bird!

Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:09:45 -0400
From: Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Shelburne , N.S. at the top of Wright's Road there are several. ( 
Non-countable)Cheers, Joan

Dusan Soudek wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I cannot refrain from sharing my brother's latest report of a 
> peacock sighting in a park (LeMoines Point) on the shore of windy Lake 
> Ontario near Kingston, Ont. He'd sighted the adult peacock in a pine 
> tree, while skiing at something like -15 C. Much colder with the wind 
> chill factored in.... Any reports of semi-tame peacocks in Nova Scotia?
>    Dusan Soudek
>
> Now about peacocks... the peacock is alive and well! I went skiing 
> again today, then visited mom and dad on the way home. Of course, I 
> went straight to where the peacock had been on Sunday. No sign of a 
> peacock, but no sign of a frozen carcass either.
>
> There is an entire grove of youngish pine trees there, so I got the 
> idea to look around some more. It was windier, though warmer than on 
> Sunday. I entered a sort of inner sanctum within the pines - and sure 
> enough, I experienced my second January peacock sighting! There he 
> was, in his blue glory and crown, turning his head to look me over.
>
> This second sighting felt as improbable as the first. Things seemed to 
> be going my way. I could hear a tractor on the farm and some voices, 
> so I took off my skis, stepped over the fence, and walked over there.
>
> "You're not missing a peacock, by any chance?" I asked the tractor 
> operator. He was there to feed the livestock while the owners were 
> away and explained that yes, there are peacocks on the farm, but that 
> they are free to go where they please. They nest in the barn, have 
> food available, but are not penned.
>
> They fly where they want, and this peacock seems to like that grove of 
> pine trees in the park itself. On Sunday he was soaking up the sun, 
> today he moved in deeper where there was shelter from the wind. 
> Totally appropriate behaviour. I assume he also made a trip home for a 
> snack at some point. Apparently, a spell of cold weather doesn't 
> bother a peacock all that much...
>
> What a delightful experience!
>
> Ivan.
>
>

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