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Index of Subjects 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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