Comments on: Even More Fowl Spring http://www.ruralramblings.com/peacocks-know-its-spring Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rural Writer http://www.ruralramblings.com/peacocks-know-its-spring/comment-page-1#comment-3606 Rural Writer Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:28:04 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/?p=2428#comment-3606 They are rather shy about fanning their feathers sometimes. Usually they don't pay any attention to me since I'm around all the time, but if I get inside the cage and too close he'll drop the feathers. Maybe someday I'll find an out-of-print book from Flannery O'Conner about her farm and the peacocks. That'd be interesting to read! They are rather shy about fanning their feathers sometimes. Usually they don’t pay any attention to me since I’m around all the time, but if I get inside the cage and too close he’ll drop the feathers.

Maybe someday I’ll find an out-of-print book from Flannery O’Conner about her farm and the peacocks. That’d be interesting to read!

]]> By: Pilsner Panther http://www.ruralramblings.com/peacocks-know-its-spring/comment-page-1#comment-3602 Pilsner Panther Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:12:14 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/?p=2428#comment-3602 The peacocks are gorgeous! Being a city kid, I only saw them at the Bronx Zoo, and they wouldn't spread their tails... maybe the crowds frightened them too much. One of the greatest 20th century American authors, Flannery O'Connor, kept peafowl on her farm in Georgia, and wrote some very detailed descriptions of their behavior, including the male spreading his fan and how the human witnesses reacted to it— with astonishment. Unfortunately, the articles are not available online, and the book they appeared in is out of print. The peacocks are gorgeous! Being a city kid, I only saw them at the Bronx Zoo, and they wouldn’t spread their tails… maybe the crowds frightened them too much.

One of the greatest 20th century American authors, Flannery O’Connor, kept peafowl on her farm in Georgia, and wrote some very detailed descriptions of their behavior, including the male spreading his fan and how the human witnesses reacted to it— with astonishment. Unfortunately, the articles are not available online, and the book they appeared in is out of print.

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