Showing posts with label peacocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peacocks. Show all posts
Friday, March 27, 2009
Los Angeles Arboretum - The Peacocks
It's been a while since I posted any photos of the beautiful peacocks at the Los Angeles Arboretum. It must be mating season because the fellas were spreading their feathers in all their glory and doing their little mating jiggle. I can take a hundred shots of these birds because I just thing they're absolutely beautiful.
Friday, January 16, 2009
My Bird Sightings
I so enjoy the photos of birds that I see on different blogs that my eyes are always alert but I rarely find any to shoot or when I do they're not usually worth posting. So, I gathered just a few from my last couple of outings.
I got a kick out of this first one. I had taken some apple pieces to the park with me and was actually tossing some to the ducks that seemed uninterested when this pretty blue bird swooped out of nowhere. It hung around long enough to grace me with a couple of shots. I haven't a clue what kind of bird it is.
People usually post photos of peacocks (the males), and though I agree they're beautiful, I think the peahen has a beauty all of her own. I think it's interesting that these peahens (at least the ones I've seen), tend to hang out together while the males tend to be alone. Although, now that I'm thinking about it, some of these could be the littles ones that were there on my last trip that are all grown and just hanging out with mom.
I only got a picture of this little guy because I threw some pieces of french fries out for him and his buddies who were walking around the tables looking for food.
And this was a dove (I think it's a dove) that I caught unaware. Before I could take more than a couple of shots it took off. Shucks!
I got a kick out of this first one. I had taken some apple pieces to the park with me and was actually tossing some to the ducks that seemed uninterested when this pretty blue bird swooped out of nowhere. It hung around long enough to grace me with a couple of shots. I haven't a clue what kind of bird it is.
People usually post photos of peacocks (the males), and though I agree they're beautiful, I think the peahen has a beauty all of her own. I think it's interesting that these peahens (at least the ones I've seen), tend to hang out together while the males tend to be alone. Although, now that I'm thinking about it, some of these could be the littles ones that were there on my last trip that are all grown and just hanging out with mom.
I only got a picture of this little guy because I threw some pieces of french fries out for him and his buddies who were walking around the tables looking for food.
And this was a dove (I think it's a dove) that I caught unaware. Before I could take more than a couple of shots it took off. Shucks!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
PEACOCKS
I went to the Arboretum today. 468 photos. I think I should have called this blog Picture Taking Fool. I got so many great shots. How do I even narrow down which few I will post? I'll try. I'll start with the peacocks. Before I could even get to the front of the building there was a peacock there strutting it's stuff and a bunch of snaggle toothed kids in awe of it.
These last two pictures are of the female peacock. I'd almost forgotten that the females didn't look like the male peacocks.
These last two pictures are of the female peacock. I'd almost forgotten that the females didn't look like the male peacocks.
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