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I have a new neighbour, unusual for the area. (Pix!)
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Imagine my disbelief when my next door neighbour claimed a peacock was nesting just behind their backyard fence in the ravine. (This is in the city of Toronto.) So, I went looking for it. And indeed, there is a peahen tromping around there.
Must have been someone's pet, or from a farm or something. I didn't see it fly, so maybe its wings are clipped.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Beauty, eh? 
It's amazing how animal adapts to even the most trying conditions.  for this peahen making a go of it in an urban environment.
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One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of expression.
I would prefer my humanity sullied with the tarnish of science rather than the gloss of religion.
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Games Meister  Join Date: Aug 2009
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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I've always wanted to yell at a peacock.
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally Posted by besson3c 
I've always wanted to yell at a peacock.
If they are as heinously stupid as turkeys, I think you'd be disappointed in its response.
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior
If they are as heinously stupid as turkeys, I think you'd be disappointed in its response.
Yeah, the little I know about the dialogue, it's absolutely terrible. Gobble, gobble
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Administrator  Join Date: Mar 2000
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I hope it doesn't stay in your neighborhood long. Peacocks are among the most obnoxiously loud birds in existence.
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Originally Posted by Demonhood
I hope it doesn't stay in your neighborhood long. Peacocks are among the most obnoxiously loud birds in existence.
I thought it was just the males that were loud, like roosters, no?
In any case, I have never heard this bird utter anything at all, and I haven't seen any males yet. Just this one peahen.
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Will it blend?
LOL... that would be messy!
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Are you near a Zoo? I hear the Peacocks at the Winnipeg Zoo get out and fly all over the surrounding area.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Originally Posted by Salty
Are you near a Zoo? I hear the Peacocks at the Winnipeg Zoo get out and fly all over the surrounding area.
Well, the Toronto Zoo is about 16 km (10 mi) as the crow... err... peahen... flies away from here.
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Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000
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Now, where did it escape from?
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That's a beautiful peacock.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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A lot of people have them as pets here due to large acreage. I haven't the slightest idea why. This one girl I used to work with had them all over her parent's farm while growing up. They don't gobble as much as they shout "Haulp!"
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Any ramblings are entirely my own, and do not represent those of my employers, coworkers, friends, or species
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Feb 2000
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Nemo me impune lacesset
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Originally Posted by Demonhood
I hope it doesn't stay in your neighborhood long. Peacocks are among the most obnoxiously loud birds in existence.
My aunt and uncle's neighbour had male peacocks. I say "had," because... well, out in the country, if nobody's home to hear the gunshot(s)...
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It’s a $500 fine in my area if you’re caught mistreating one.
And yes, they are loud at times.
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I'll give you about a week before you get a gun and shoot it. The company that owns the cabin next to ours keeps 2 peacocks on the property to make it look more luxurious. They don't shut the f**k up. They sound like a kid trapped in a well, but make that god damn annoying sound 24 hours a day.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Just in time for Thanksgiving. Enjoy.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
I'll give you about a week before you get a gun and shoot it. The company that owns the cabin next to ours keeps 2 peacocks on the property to make it look more luxurious. They don't shut the f**k up. They sound like a kid trapped in a well, but make that god damn annoying sound 24 hours a day.
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Peacocks have been kept in a number of cultures as pets-and as "intrusion alarms." They can be trained to be quiet unless startled, and then they are cacophonous! Two or more is all it takes to ruin a whole night.
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