At 07:57 PM 4/2/00 -0700, Bill wrote:
>I went to Tucson today to drop off my granddaughter, and I got home just at
>dusk.  I didn't drive my Westy, so it was parked in my driveway, and when I
>drove in behind it, I noticed a full grown male peacock sitting on the roof.
I raised peafowl for several years.  They are very interesting birds, and
very profitable.  (50 tail feathers per year x $1.50 per feather X 10 birds
= keeping a Westy going. (VW content.)) They tend to go 'walkabout' in the
spring, especially yearling males who have their first real tails and are
looking for mates.  Peafowl are a flock bird: the flock is dominated by an
Alpha male who won't let other males breed.  The young males will put up
with this for a time, but from time to time one will decide he's had
ewnough.  If yours roosts near you he'll be calling early morning and late
at night to attract a mate.