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| Name: |
Pete
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Age: |
Unknown
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
India Blue Peacock
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| Home: |
Rankin County, Mississippi, USA
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On
a warm Saturday late last spring, my mother and I were sitting in our
backyard enjoying the nice day and just chitchatting. It was just a
typical lazy weekend in the South. All of a sudden, I saw a movement in
the yard of the empty house next door and figured it was a cat. Next
thing we know, a scraggly looking peacock came wandering up to us! Now,
we don't live in the city, but it isn't exactly the country either, so
we had no idea where this fellow came from (and still don't 'til this
day). Mom was eating grapes, so she offered him some which he readily
accepted. Over the next couple of weeks "Pete the Peacock," as we
dubbed him, would randomly show up in our yard from time to time. We
continued to feed him fruits, veggies, and some birdseed donated by our
conure parrot, Rowdy, and he gradually grew into the beautiful bird that
he is now.
We checked with the county and city about Pete, and they sent out an
animal control officer on several occasions, but they never could find
or catch him. Our local zoo already has so many peacocks, that they
didn't want him. In the meantime, Pete began showing up at our house on
pretty much a daily basis. He now splits his time between our house and
a neighbor's house down the street, where he plays with their two little
girls and two kittens. We assume he spends his nights somewhere in the
wooded area behind our houses, he doesn't seem interested in coming
inside at all.
Although we have been warned by people that peacocks are messy and loud
birds, Pete is a real sweetheart. He's a friendly fellow who rarely
ever makes a sound. Unfortunately, he's a little camera shy, so until
now, I hadn't been able to get any photos of him with his tail feathers
spread in all their glory. Everyone in the neighborhood knows him now
and no one bothers him, so we just decided to let him live with us as
long as he likes. I guess Pete adopted us! Oh, and Pete likes to sit on
our deck and look through the window at our cats and likewise, they can
sit and stare at him for hours!
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