Hi Tweeters,

I got this one from my mother. Any ideas about this inter-species
confrontation?

Lydia Gaebe
lgaebe at msn.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martha" To: "Lydia" <lgaebe at msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 09:39 PM
Subject: Peacock vs. Tom Turkey


> Jim and I went to Hart Park this afternoon and stopped to admire the
> peacocks. There we saw something really strange. A peacock and a Tom
> Turkey were having a confrontation. The turkey was as bushed up as a
turkey
> could be and thw peacock almost had his tail spread. They circled
eachother
> around and around. The turkey displayed courting behavior. At one point
it
> seemed he was trying to mount the peacock. The peacock was getting and
more
> agitated, displaying hostile behaviors. Several times it rushed the
turkey.
> We couldn't stay to see how the confrontation ended. Do you or any of
your
> birdy friends have any wisdom on this?
>
>

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