Tui the peahen very kindly clambered up on top of one of the Car Carcasses so I could get a better shot of her for you. (Crouching down is still out of the question for me). I was asked the other day whether the pea fowl are noisy. Not really. In fact from late summer and through the winter we seldom hear anything at all. Except the odd honk of warning if a dog gets too close to a peahen. Or the call they make when they fly down from the barn which sounds more like a goose actually.
When Kupa’s tail is full and he begins to try and attract the girls we expect more noise from them. In fact in early summer it sounds like they are all shrieking from the bottom of very well lined wells. Or drums. Or being very rude and bad tempered with each other. With brightly coloured megaphones. Resonant. Huge. And maybe when they are more mature they will make more noise for longer. But so far the winters have been very quiet. The noise is only seasonal. The loudest birds on the property are actually the guinea fowl. None of it bothers me though. It is so quiet out here.
Boo went for a bit of elevation yesterday too. He has been getting very naughty since I have been a wee bit under the weather. He needs to get back into his 5 minutes 5 times a day training.
Sheila is about finished her housekeeping in the corridor paddock. It has been so damp and warm lately. Perfect weather for turning over the sodding sod. She has been looking longingly through the gate wondering if she could maybe house-keep another paddock. Um, No, Sheila. One a year is enough.
Big Dog walked all the way to the barn and then could not remember what he had come all the way out there for. I know that feeling.
Today the sun is due to come out. Which will be nice. Though it will be cold but it is time. I am still marooned on the couch for a few more days. Directing the troops. Literally.
Have a lovely day.
Your friend,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
69 responses to “Are peacocks noisy?”
Oh I know about naughty puppies taking advantage of ‘slightly under the weather’ mummas! I’m relieved to hear you’re resting most of the time, it will be worth it in the end when you heal nice and straight. Keep up the good………lounging!
imagine if all our naughty puppies got together.. horrors! c
they would certainly have some fun…
I was standing next to a very large peacock once and I guess I looked pretty good to him. His tail was up and he started doing to little hopping dance for me. It was either that or he was trying to scare me away.
I know how big dog feels. Still loving his coat that you got him.
My Dad had a friend, a doctor, that owned some property outside of Detroit. It was his own private zoo and on the grounds strutted his peacocks. I can still remember them calling. I, also, remember getting into trouble a couple days later, when Mom did the laundry. Me and a couple other boys spent our day capturing tiny tree frogs and, not having anything to hold them, filled our pockets with them. I don’t know about the others but I forgot all about them. We returned to that “farm” often but I was under strict orders to leave the frogs alone.
what a hilarious and somewhat unsettling story.. c
Hmm, this will sound like the ‘cruellest’ statement on the page but I am almost glad there is such a thing as warning pain ~ somehow I sense such frustration and determination to get going in you that methinks you truly would make matters physically worse for yourself if that did not stop you!! At least a certain order of doing things seems to have been established and you just have to build on that 🙂 ! Love the photo of tidy Sheila . . . Boo is a teenager: I guess what can one expect . . . big hug for wellness coming your way . . .
I know, I know, I hear what you are saying but it is awful to be cooped up on the couch, i am losing track of my animals, no-one is watching them or checking on them, I have to get out amongst them, I think there is something wrong with Kupa but I cannot spend long enough outside with him to work it out.. things are slipping.. but I do listen to the pain as I am determined to heal straight.. this is why i have made myself the rules of recovery, but frankly I am ready to spit in frustration.. c
Understand you 110 %, but since one cannot turn black into white by wishing, it is a matter of day by day! Look, if there is s’thing wrong with Kupa it is unfortunate, if you make yourself worse by pushing, Kupa will be without you for FAR longer!!!! And when you start again, remember you do the smallest and least important and time consuming thing first and then work up!! [Watched an economics forum last night ~ that is the way they teach you to ameliorate debt! Put e’thing in order of importance [size] and work from the smallest up ]. . . try to sleep well and with less pain . . .e’thing crossed!
Gently and slowly does it, and you are gradually making progress. That’s good.
Glad you are starting to feel a little better. Love that Sheila piggy.
Years ago (about 40) I lived in San Jose, CA where they have this huge old cemetery. Acres and acres, fenced with an 8 foot chain link fence and populated with large, mature trees of all kinds. Oaks, elms, popular….evey kind they could grow there. My mom and I liked to go there to read the tombstones as some were from the Civil War Era. It was very quiet and shady. There was a large resident population of peafowl that mostly stayed and roosted in the big trees. Towards dusk, they all screamed together. The first time we experienced this, we almost dropped dead from fright as it was so eerie and scary sounding. I think we screamed louder than those birds. We could not get out of there fast enough. That’s why, my dear Celi…better you than me with those birds. ha ha.
ha ha ha laughed out loud when I read that, what a thing!.. that really must have been terrifying the first time~!.. c
I love historical cemetaries!!!! No one bothers you there! 😉 I used to take etchings of the old tombstones! One of my many hobbies! LOL
Here’s one for you from old slate stones in New England!
“Think of me as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I.
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare in life to follow me!”
Cool eh? 🙂
No pea fowls on any of my trips though! That would have had me on the run!!!
I’m late, I’m late for a very important date!!!
Hope you feel better and better with each passing day! Today sounded a tish less painful…sorta? 🙂
Boo you better behave yourself!!! 😉
Had a busy day today….or I would have said hello this morning like usual! Take care, sleep well Celi and see you all tomorrow!!! (((hugs))) Nightie night!
Peacocks are noisy, but nice! I’ve met them for a couple of times in Helsinki Zoo, Finland. I love them!
Dear old Big Dog…I know how he feels. How old is he? Shiela is magnificent. What a pig!
Take good care, Celi. Slowly, slowly. Pian pianino. I’m sending you a dose of Italian time.
We had around 7 peahens and 3 peacocks some years back in our house. It was the peacocks which used start from mornings till late in the evenings with their, can’t call it melodious!, cries. This started from April and continued till September!
mine are altogether too quiet/.. c
Big Dog looks like he needs a hug. Sweet fella.