Unexpected visitors

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

I thought I heard knocking at the front door. I couldn't see anyone out there and the dogs weren't raising a stink, so I assumed it was wind or something. I was keeping an ear out after that and I again heard knocking. This time I could see who it was. A pair of peacocks! This is the Northern BC boonies. We don't have peacocks. They kept knocking so of course I opened the door to have a closer look. They practically walked over top of me and preceeded to make themselves at home.

I got them back out but they can see through the school doors and keep knocking. They must be used to getting hand outs.

 

[Caribou]

You have democrats in BC? Who knew!

 

[Sourdough]

We tend to think of them as tropical exotic birds, but they are very hardy, even in the arctic......assuming they can get food. They are awful loud when they scream. There was more then a dozen lived for years, at a carwash in Eagle River, Alaska.

 

[dademoss]

And I thought it was funny when our chickens knock at the back door looking for a handout

 

[Haertig]

My daughter has wild ones in Hawaii. She'll come home to find one lounging in the yard on occasion.

 

[Caribou]

The hummingbirds would knock on the kitchen windows, on the east side of the house, when they wanted the feeders on the north side of the house filled.

 

[Haertig]

We had a bird knock on our sliding glass door once. Just a single knock. Then he slid down the glass to the ground, temporarily comatose.

 

[Amish Heart]

That's hysterical

 

[Haertig]

We took an after-knock picture of the glass door. It was very pretty - a gorgeous, exquisitely detailed impression in white. The impact knocked the dander right out of him. Wings spread wide, tail expanded fully. He had full flaps deployed and engines reversed at last second recognition of what was to come. I gotta go see if I can find that picture and scan it in...

 

[Peanut]

I did not know peacocks lived that far north. A few nights ago on the Ramey homestead rescue show I saw guinea fowl in Alaska.

Guinea Fowl are from equatorial africa. I had no idea they could live where it's cold. In fact I've never seen them north of TN. Live and Learn!

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

You have democrats in BC? Who knew!

We have liberals. They are interchangeable with your democrats. Right now, most of them are stuck on the other side of the washouts. That's called making lemonade out of lemons.

 

[SouthCentralUS]

Our across the road neighbor at our rural property has peacocks and many other kinds of birds. Last week when we were there cutting a dead tree, they were making terrible loud sounds. All the birds come to the fence when we are there and I really want to feed them, but I am afraid they would develop bad habits.

 

[Tirediron]

So ,Clem can you give me a hint at where you are, not looking for specifics but a general idea, I used to own a piece of land near the old Thunderbird rail station (southof terrace.) I have always lived east of the rockies, seem to be planted here, but done a bit of travel in B.C

 

[Amish Heart]

You can have guinea fowl that are not african. At the moment we have 26 French guinea fowl (2 lbs heavier than african) in tubs under heat lamps in the family room. There's lots of kinds of guineas. We have african guineas running around our farm that we raised. They don't mind the rain, actually run around in it. If they get too cold, they hang out in the roundtop in between the hay bales.

 

[LadyLocust]

Lots of folks have guineas up here - obviously not native, but they seem to do fine.
Clem, those peafowl will climb on your car and destroy the paint - pretty but nasty birds.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

I love deep forest and rugged mountains. Spend a lot of time XCountry skiing in them.

 

[Peanut]

Just happened to remember, we were 100+ miles SE of the outer banks one winter. A big storm from Canada had blasted the mid-west then east coast. A huge storm with wind and rain hit us, sea's were big. The next morning I heard about a barn owl on the focsle of our destroyer.

Sure enough, a barn owl was hanging out by the forward gun mount. He had somehow been blown 100 miles offshore in the storm. And then found us.

He hung out a couple days as we got closer to Norfolk. He took off at some point, headed nw toward the coast. Maybe he smelled greenery within his flight range. Never knew if he made it.

 

[Spikedriver]

Our across the road neighbor at our rural property has peacocks and many other kinds of birds. Last week when we were there cutting a dead tree, they were making terrible loud sounds. All the birds come to the fence when we are there and I really want to feed them, but I am afraid they would develop bad habits.

If they were making terrible loud sounds around me too often, they'd definitely develop a bad habit - of getting shot.

I wonder how smoked peacock tastes?

 

[Amish Heart]

My son threatens to take one out and cook it. He lives in a travel trailer and they like to run on his roof

 

[Alaskajohn]

We had those darned things around our farm as a kid. I can remember being chased by one when I was perhaps 3-4 years old. My cousins still tease me about it whenever they have the opportunity. I was surprised to see them running around in Alaska when I got here. They must be pretty hardy creatures.

Are they good tasting critters?

 

[Pearl]

And I thought it was funny when our chickens knock at the back door looking for a handout

What's the story with your avatar?

 

[Magus]

I thought I heard knocking at the front door. I couldn't see anyone out there and the dogs weren't raising a stink, so I assumed it was wind or something. I was keeping an ear out after that and I again heard knocking. This time I could see who it was. A pair of peacocks! This is the Northern BC boonies. We don't have peacocks. They kept knocking so of course I opened the door to have a closer look. They practically walked over top of me and preceeded to make themselves at home.

I got them back out but they can see through the school doors and keep knocking. They must be used to getting hand outs.

Feed them and keep them, great burglar alarms!

 

[Pearl]

I've posted this in "post a photo a real photo", but this is Burberry, she knocks on the door when in need of a snack. She also sleeps on the back door mat so you have to be careful exiting or she gets hit with the door!!