Iridescent blue-green Peacock is a photograph by LeeAnn McLaneGoetz McLaneGoetzStudioLLCcom which was uploaded on May 30th, 2011.
Iridescent blue-green Peacock
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Iridescent blue-green Peacock
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LeeAnn McLaneGoetz McLaneGoetzStudioLLCcom
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Photograph - Photography
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Iridescent blue-green Peacock
Dancing for the ladies.
Garlyn Zoo is located on US-2 about 40 minutes west of the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About 6 miles east of the town of Naubinway. Right across from Lake Michigan.
Peafowl are flying birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks. The adult female peafowl is grey and/or brown. Peachicks can be between yellow and a tawny colour with darker brown patches.
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LeeAnn McLane-Goetz
The male peacock has iridescent blue-green or green coloured plumage. The peacock tail ("train") is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail coverts. The "eyes" are best seen when the peacock fans its tail. Like a cupped hand behind the ear the erect tail-fan of the male helps direct sound to the ears. Both species have a crest atop the head. The female peahen 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 signal danger to her young.
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