"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> On 7/4/2013 7:05 AM, casa bona wrote:
>> >
>> > 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?
>
> I'm wondering if she might have gotten a lesser charge by claiming
> "hunting
> without a license?" :-O

We used to live next door to a huge garden that had peacocks. They don't
half make a racket!
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