SC - Seeking wheat illumination - OOP

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

Stefan,

Be grateful that you are in Texas, because in Southern
California, it is illegal here to kill peafowl, since
several communities here have "adopted" the peacock
as their municipal symbols.  I live very near Arcadia
California, which is one such community.  They have
had peafowl living there for almost 100 years.  They
were supposed to be contained within the Arboritum,
which is the former estate of the millionaire, "Lucky"
Baldwin.  However, it has been long ago discovered
that
no one can keep peafowl in one location, unless you
keep them in a cage.  Peafowl mostly keep with the
confines of the Arboritum, but not all and not all the
time.  They can be found roaming all over the city
and sometimes in neighboring cities.  And, yes, they
are very noisy birds, but not as noisy as the flock
of parrots that live and breed here in the San Gabriel
valley.  I would rather hear one or two peacocks any 
day than have to endure the sound of 100+ parrots.
And then there is the sound of 100+ parrots fighting
with 40+ crows at 5 am. ... aaarrrggghhh!!!

Huette

- --- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
> > Wait Ras, you forgot the archer method of pest
> control.  Hold a practice
> > session near the hole and invite everyone!
> 
> I am getting real close to trying that one myself.
> My mother lives about
> thirty minutes outside of Austin in a semi-rural
> development. At least
> one of the nieghbors have peacocks and penhens they
> let run free. Well
> one of the peacocks has decided it likes some of the
> semi-cleared out
> area near my mother's house. While peacocks sound
> rather exotic at first,
> they are loud and get irritating after a few hours.
> This peacock managed
> to stay outside of my rock throwing range while
> circling back around every
> time I thought I'd chased him off. However, he was
> numerous times within
> range of my SCA combat legal crossbow (approx. 30
> lbs only). I'm thinking
> of taking it out and some combat quarrels (thistle
> missle and balder tips).
> While those won't kill him, they might persuade him
> to leave.
> 
> Then again, I do have period recipes for peacock in
> my files. Or there
> is the idea of tanning the skin and using that and
> the feathers over
> another bird for a feast. But I've never skinned
> anything. However
> there may be some local folks who have...
> -- 
> Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad   
> Kingdom of Ansteorra
> Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas          
> stefan at texas.net
> **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:
>         
>
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