The Peacock on Shelldrake Circle

 The Peacock on Shelldrake Circle

When I was in preschool at Wesley Methodist Church, we were asked to choose or maybe our preschool teacher chose for us, a lamented circle that we put on a hook to let our teacher know we were present in class. It might have been with our name on it and it might have had white yard on it as well, but I remember that the one thing for sure was mine had a colorful peacock on it.

So last week when a Peacock showed up at my boyfriends’ Shelldrake neighborhood, excitement in the neighborhood ensued!

There’s nothing like a peacock which flew in out of nowhere to change a neighborhood for the better.

Already an exciting and fun semi-cul de sac, news that a peacock adopted us brought smiles to all of the neighbors.

The peacock has a special call it makes, my boyfriend asked me if i heard it at 5:00 am in the morning. 

“Did you hear it,” he asked?

For whatever reason, I didn’t.

But after enough prompting, and really kinda waking up, I heard an unusual call, not like any I’ve heard before. 

Yesterday while serving wine in Oakhurst at the Art & Wine Hop, I met a biologist who studied species of birds in Sequoia National Forest for a summer back in 2023.

She told me that there are over one hundred different birds in Sequoia National Forest like four different woodpeckers. I’ve never really studied birds, but the idea of happening upon a bird’s nest or discovering something not yet identified sounded kinda cool. I had no idea there were tiny you need binoculars to find them at the top of the Giant old Sequoia trees. For a moment, it made me feel like fairies truly exist as does fairy dust, alongside birds.. And of course Peacocks!