Huh. I didn't know peacocks could fly distances. Looks cool:

[tblue37]

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[IcyPeas]

1. Mother of Dragons

Very beautiful creatures.

[markie]

2. I have a neighbor (about 10 miles south)

who has a couple of peafowl. Last fall in our local community internet forum the neighbor reported the peacock missing. He showed up at my house and decided to roost on my deck rail for a couple of days... tried like heck to catch him but he was wily.

It got to be great fun as people on the site kept posted when he showed up at their house... finally someone caught him and returned him home

Yes, they are awesome!

[Jade Fox]

3. Didn't know peacocks could fly at all.

Just beautiful.

[yellowdogintexas]

4. neither did I and I lived around them when I was growing up

They are also very noisy!! You can hear them half a mile or more away.

That is one beautiful picture.

[Lars39]

5. Saw an albino peacock fly once at the zoo.

Freaked everybody out.

[tblue37]

6. The second one looks like a kimono!

[csziggy]

7. Yeah, they fly - and scream like a son of a b*tch

One showed up at my farm a few decades ago and would roost on the roof of the barn. Its screaming scared the horses and one of my client was almost hurt badly when he horse spooked at the thing.

I'd contacted Animal Control who sent me to the local wildlife rescue group. Well, since they are introduced creatures, the wildlife guys didn't want to deal with it. The husband of the woman who was almost hurt asked if he could hunt it. Since I'd never been able to track down where it came from, I gave him permission. He was a lousy hunter, never got close enough to shoot it, but the constant harassment got it to move on to some other place. Or maybe the coyotes got it.

I didn't care, I wanted it gone where it would scare the horses and make horrible noises all night and day.

[North Shore Chicago]

8. Who in the world would ask to

hunt and kill a gorgeous Peacock?!

Wow! Just wow!

[hunter]

9. My sister-in-law would and for similar reasons.

It's a bad neighbor who decorates his gardens with peacocks.

[csziggy]

10. It had spooked his wife's horse, the lead broke and nearly hit her in the eye

She could have been blinded because of that nuisance bird. Aside from that incident there had been numerous other incidents that endangered me and my clients. I was nearly trampled several times when the horses were startled by the thing.

The peacock was a danger to my business. Peacocks are a non-native, invasive species and should not be allowed to go free on this continent.

Have you ever heard a peacock call? I's alarm call is cross between a diesel truck horn and a woman screaming. Most people think of the call the male peacock makes as it displays its tail, which is loud enough. The alarm call is a whole other level, especially when it is unexpected.