These are from the Game Farm. Driving around the roads in that area it’s pretty common to spot a peacock. In the parking lot they usually roam all around too. These were in the parking lot and they all wanted to come up for a visit (used to people giving food.) I was just looking up information on peacocks about their coloring and found the following on the peafowl Wikipedia page:
The male (peacock) Indian Peafowl has iridescent blue-green or green colored plumage. The so-called “tail” of the peacock, also termed the “train,” is not the tail quill feathers but highly elongated upper tail coverts. The train feathers have a series of eyes that are best seen when the tail is fanned. Both species have a crest atop the head.
The female (peahen) Indian Peafowl has a mixture of dull green, brown, and grey in her plumage. She lacks the long upper tail coverts of the male but has a crest. The female can also display her plumage to ward off female competition or danger to her young.
It was a lesson to me that the females are called peahens, I’ve always just said peacocks.
Beautiful closeups!
Aren’t they beautiful birds? They make a raucous noise but imagine having these birds on your property! I f anyone gets over to Mary Hill down on the Columbia River they have them all over the property there.
The blue is so intense. Love the first shot.
Well, now I am educated about peacocks and peahens. I won’t call the girls peacocks any more. After all, I try to be PC whenever possible.
Lovely plumage!
So electrifying…
Here’s another site for Sequim birds from the Wednesday Birdwalks http://www.picturebookpublishing.com/birdwalk17/