On 7/4/2013 1:59 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Gary" > wrote in message
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>> dsi1 wrote:
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>>> On 7/4/2013 7:05 AM, casa bona wrote:
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>>> > Ah the islands, what a life you folks have...bet there are guinea fowl
>>> > about too...
>>>
>>> We might have but I haven't seen any in this town. They are pretty cute
>>> and I wouldn't mind. Oddly enough, there are peacocks in some places.
>>> There used to be some by my parent's house. I was visiting my parents
>>> once and heard a loud sound - more like a scream than a bird call. My
>>> brother said it was the peacocks that lived down the street. Sure enough
>>> I would see the birds walking about like they owned the place.
>>>
>>> Their call is a bit disquieting, so much so that a Makaha woman went
>>> crazy and killed one with a baseball bat. She was 68 years old at a time
>>> but she ran one down and bashed it's head in. That's some spunky old
>>> gal!
>>>
>>> http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/b...ost_it.htm l?
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>> I'm wondering if she might have gotten a lesser charge by claiming
>> "hunting
>> without a license?" :-O
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> We used to live next door to a huge garden that had peacocks. They
> don't half make a racket!

That's not true at all, they screach and make a terrible noise.