Strangest bird sighting

I had a nice birthday,thank you very much, blessed with cards and greetings from friends and family in Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, England, Italy and Kenya.

As for the bird sighting ...


A couple of weeks ago, Tom was on his way to the library to help with the move when he spotted a peacock in the middle of Birchwood Road, a mile or so down from our house. There was a female still in a pen in a yard nearby: the gate was unlatched and the open. No one was home, but the mail carrier showed up and offered to call the people, since she knew who they were.

The next time we went by there, the pen was closed and empty. We have no idea how long the birds had been there, but we drive by all the time and had not seen them.

Oh, well. No one ever said the Dells wasn't colorful in its own little way.