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TonyCooper
May-31-2009, 08:59 PM
A few months ago I took this photograph:
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/476281315_kUfHS-L.jpg

I went back to the same place today (some woods behind an industrial park) for some more shots. Not necessarily for the peacock, but in search of anything interesting. The peacock was there, though,

This is evidently not the mating season, so there was no elaborate fan of the feathers. In fact, the bird refused to stay still and pose at all.

You ever tried chasing a peacock? For a big tail-dragging bird, those suckers can boogie. I wanted to get ahead of him and get a head shot, but he moved like Peter Falk instructed Alan Arkin to do in "The In-Laws": "Serpentine! Serpentine!". Here's the best I could do.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/cooper213/peacockmiss.jpg

OK, I did get one or two a little better, but I thought I'd show that you can't always come out ahead.
Bud1880
Jun-01-2009, 09:42 AM
Tony,

Win some lose some but that first shot is pretty cool. :D

Bud
JustPlainMe
Jun-01-2009, 06:54 PM
Love the first shot! I have about a bazillion shots of peacocks from our local zoo---they wander around and make all kinds of noise. During mating season they are hams for the camera. But you're right, they are really hard to catch. I have pix of my son and daughter chasing them, no chance at all to get them, but it's funny to watch! They are beautiful birds, and I've read they are quite interesting to care for, as well.

Good luck!
TonyCooper
Jun-01-2009, 09:14 PM
Love the first shot! I have about a bazillion shots of peacocks from our local zoo---they wander around and make all kinds of noise. During mating season they are hams for the camera. But you're right, they are really hard to catch. I have pix of my son and daughter chasing them, no chance at all to get them, but it's funny to watch! They are beautiful birds, and I've read they are quite interesting to care for, as well.

Good luck!

This peacock, and several peahens, live in a woods behind an industrial park. They seem to be strays. I assume that they either forage for food or the employees of the park businesses feed them. I took half an hour or so trying for a shot. Either the bird was in the parking area where the background was ugly, or he'd dart into the wood and be hidden from view.
NorthernFocus
Jun-02-2009, 07:43 AM
Really nice that first shot. If they are indeed stray birds then the solution to your dilemma may lie with their stomachs. I have no idea what they eat but I'm sure five minutes with google would reveal the keys to successfully catching up with the buggers :dunno