Meet Murdock

His tail use to be so much longer...those pictures are on my camera that was lost/stolen, so these awful pictures will have to do until I replace it.

Murdock. He's the neighborhood peacock. Who knew when we moved in we wouldn't need a dog or cat, we would have a bird! Murdock belongs to a neighbor down the street. This neighbor decided they wanted peacocks for their yard. The peacocks decided they really did not want to stay in his yard. This is the only one left and he wanders the neighborhood looking for bread. I have seen him in both of my adjacent neighbors front and back yards and even on their cars...good thing my car is always parked in the garage! When we moved in Silas was so excited about the "wildlife" he was determined to get it to eat out of his hands. SO, every time the bird was spotted in our backyard we got out the bread. And of course he learned that our yard was the goldmine...

We trained him so well that not only does he eat from our hands but he comes to the door of our bedroom and pecks on the glass in the morning. He also will walk right up to the sliding glass doors in the living room and press his eye up to it and look in to see if anyone is gettin' him something to eat! Its a little weird, but also entertaining.

He has even contributed to the decor of our house :)

The feathers are so long and have such beautiful colors, one day I walked outside and they were laying all over the backyard. I was so excited, I guess the bread paid off...