Actually once I did something that may be called "" birdwatching"" right here, I went with a friend on a bridge passing a small stream in a residential area since I was told by him that there was a peacock nearby. We did see it, but it was difficult. It is shy, and it seems it belongs to someone who has a backyard on the stream and decided that raising only chicken was too normie.
When I was visiting family in southern Oregon in the spring of 2018, I saw a large bunch of turkeys in someone's front yard. I couldn't tell whether they were kept by the occupants of the house or just passing through, but it stuck with me, although I'd forgotten all about it until being reminded by your anecdote. That's about all the interesting bird stories that I have, unfortunately.
