Morning Song Farm News

 Come on out and meet George and his crew. Peacocks and peahens are omnivores and enjoy small morsels of tasty treats. They don't have teeth of course, so can't do anything with a large offering. They LOVE raisons, blueberries, seeds, crumbled nuts, and most things that humans enjoy. We don't feed them poultry or eggs of course.

  When a friend sharing my zip code sent me over the image of a neighbors’ peacock on the roof of her house, just chilling…I admit I was enchanted. What a cool thing to discover visiting the roof of your house!   Peacocks are stunning animals, I remember enjoying the other-worldly calls they make to each other when I visited the San Diego Zoo as a kid. Some rural folks choose to raise peacocks because they are known to be suspicious of strangers and can be used as an early warning, difficult to circumvent… security system.   And who can’t stop in stunned silence when something so beautiful marches by in search of seeds and bugs.   So my daughter’s art assignment two weeks ago required a photo of a peacock from which she could paint. (The prompt was to paint something that “radiated out.” I suggested a pine cone. That wouldn’t do.   I suggested a daisy flower. No…that was so a cliché. Here in Rainbow, California there are quite a few peacocks roami...