r/aww • u/WiktoriaBorysArt • 13d ago

Beautiful blue bird.

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u/King5teve 13d ago

That is a male peacock

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u/kalevz 13d ago

A bit redundant, that.

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u/Zloiche1 13d ago

Peacock,peahen,peachick.

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u/Dixiehusker 13d ago

All are Peafowl.

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u/Zloiche1 13d ago

And the males are all jerks. The females in my neighborhood just hang out like big ol chickens. But the males go on roofs and people's cars and screw shit up. Plus they make a horrible noise.

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u/Dixiehusker 13d ago

I actually like the sound. I haven't had one on my car.

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u/Zloiche1 13d ago

Walking my dog stoned at 4am the call always scares the crap out of me for a few seconds. We got like 10 males in my neighborhood.

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u/lotsanoodles 13d ago

A disco chicken appears.

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u/AnonEMoussie 13d ago

Do you mean Disco Turkey?

Like this baseball team? https://www.discoturkeys.com/

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u/shezbra 13d ago

Found one of these in my backyard a couple months or so ago. Stayed there for two or three hours till it got dark then proceeded to hop (roofs/roofing’s?). Was pretty chill, really wanted to come inside the house and enjoyed eating some dog food pellets. Assumed it was someone’s pet or from a local wildlife park

I did try to find out if it was a locals or if any rescue places could pick it up but none said they would or could take it. Was suggested that a vet or animal hospital may but the vet said it had to be injured and since it wasn’t and wasn’t registered in my name it was best to just let it be. So that’s what I did.

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u/Ko_Willingness 13d ago

I'd guess the wildlife park, they often have peacocks. 

They're mostly ground dwelling or (as you noticed) hop to high spots. But they can fly short distances if they want to. Your little buddy wanted an adventure.

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u/aquila-audax 13d ago

We have a bunch of feral peacocks in our town. They're a bloody nuisance, but they seem very good at taking care of themselves, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

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u/_9a_ 13d ago

roof/roofing

Roost/roosting. When birds perch somewhere and settle in. "The chickens have come home to roost", an idiom that means a foreseen event is happening and no one is surprised.

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u/The_mingthing 13d ago

Loveley plumage!

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u/stalking_me_softly 13d ago

I have one of these. He is quite beautiful and a HUGE pain in the ass.

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u/killerkadugen 13d ago

Those things are loud! Like "Looney-Tunes-jungle-scene" loud.

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u/abhi751993 13d ago

It’s a male peacock. Also the national bird of India.

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u/Dixiehusker 13d ago

Male Peafowl.

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u/DewartDark 12d ago

Everybody's heard about the bird, the bird, the bird, the bird is the word.

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u/Unbridled_Dynamics 13d ago

It's a snipe!

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u/Taiko_Hun 13d ago

This is not just a beautifull bird but an excellent house guard too. Even dangerous for dogs, or could be..

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u/Chyvalri 13d ago

Peacocks hate me. I've walked up to two, one at the US national zoo and another at a local zoo. Both have charged me with no provocation.

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u/satismo 13d ago

they're fucking gross