09/01/2026
🦚 Every small town has its stories. Ours just happens to have feathers.
If you’ve spent any time in Burton, chances are you’ve spotted Percy strutting down a street, hanging out in a tree, window shopping—or simply acting like he owns the place. (And honestly, he kind of does.)
But do you know how Burton’s love affair with its peacocks began?
Our own Lynda Zajicek, Burton Folklore Advocate & Community Storyteller, shares the whole story on the Destination Burton blog.
Read about The Beginning of Burton’s Love for Our Peacocks—and then come to Burton. You just might catch this romance unfolding for yourself.
Read the whole story 👇
The Beginning of Burton's love for our PeacocksIt all started in 2016 when Percy, his brother Chester and 4 other juvenile peacock siblings flew into town on the clouds of a storm. All attempts to gather them and send them back to their original home were futile. As Burton already had a mature male....