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Bill_in_MI
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Second of the Michigan Whitetail. This little guy was the only one that didn't spook while I fumbled with my camera.
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<font color=blue>Doesn't the Peacock make a noise that scare the heck out of someone??</font color=blue>
And they do it after dark, too, Thomas. When I was a patrol lieutenant in the early 70s, there was a stable not far from the station and they had some peacocks, and every time someone new moved into the area, we'd get calls that a woman was screaming for help./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
When we first moved to where we are now, the couple behind us had a pair. Something (probably a coyote) killed the hen one night; we just found a bunch of feathers. The cock never bothered anyone except the man who owned him, and everytime that guy went outside he'd have to fight off that peacock. Then one day we were going to bale hay and he fought off the peacock while he got the rake hooked up to his old Farmall, and I hooked up the baler to the Oliver, laughing at him and the peacock. Then we got on the tractors and took off with him in the lead and that peacock running along right beside his right rear wheel and me following; too close and too fast because the peacock suddenly stopped then darted left right in front me and committed suicide./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif
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And they do it after dark, too, Thomas. When I was a patrol lieutenant in the early 70s, there was a stable not far from the station and they had some peacocks, and every time someone new moved into the area, we'd get calls that a woman was screaming for help./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
When we first moved to where we are now, the couple behind us had a pair. Something (probably a coyote) killed the hen one night; we just found a bunch of feathers. The cock never bothered anyone except the man who owned him, and everytime that guy went outside he'd have to fight off that peacock. Then one day we were going to bale hay and he fought off the peacock while he got the rake hooked up to his old Farmall, and I hooked up the baler to the Oliver, laughing at him and the peacock. Then we got on the tractors and took off with him in the lead and that peacock running along right beside his right rear wheel and me following; too close and too fast because the peacock suddenly stopped then darted left right in front me and committed suicide./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif
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Bill,
Looks like you may have a little buddy hanging around you this year,and maybe you better put up a higher fence around the garden. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif
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Looks like you may have a little buddy hanging around you this year,and maybe you better put up a higher fence around the garden. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif
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I guess one could say the Peacock stood his ground to the bitter end..yikes.
I also heard there a good alarm system during the night.
Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
I guess one could say the Peacock stood his ground to the bitter end..yikes.
I also heard there a good alarm system during the night.
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Yeah, we are one with nature out here. I've had a couple of these little guys still in spots come right up to the window where the computer desk is and stand there looking at me. We have a heck of time keeping our landscape plants from being nibbled to the ground every year. Gave up on a garden long ago (the fence in the picture is to keep me "legal" around the swimming pool) I tried everything to keep the deer out of the garden...and the raccoons, and the birds...and so on. They won. It's all part of the deal with rural living. Wouldn't trade it for the richest garden in the city.
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Grant,
I don't claim to be an expert, but from the research I have done you can get away with a lesser "mega-pixels" camera if you are interested only in output for a computer video screen...or printed (color ink jet, etc) pictures that are of smaller size. The cameras in the 2 mega-pixel range would work fine, and they are now available in the $200 range if you shop around. 3 mega-pixels and above are necessary for good print resolution in larger size images...5x7 or 8x10. They are overkill for e-mail and video monitor viewing. That said, I am using a 3.3 mega-pixel model (at lower resolution settings) because I wanted the other creative camera features that come with these models. And THAT said, I am finding the auto settings work just fine for about everything I have been doing so far.
I don't claim to be an expert, but from the research I have done you can get away with a lesser "mega-pixels" camera if you are interested only in output for a computer video screen...or printed (color ink jet, etc) pictures that are of smaller size. The cameras in the 2 mega-pixel range would work fine, and they are now available in the $200 range if you shop around. 3 mega-pixels and above are necessary for good print resolution in larger size images...5x7 or 8x10. They are overkill for e-mail and video monitor viewing. That said, I am using a 3.3 mega-pixel model (at lower resolution settings) because I wanted the other creative camera features that come with these models. And THAT said, I am finding the auto settings work just fine for about everything I have been doing so far.
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<font color=blue>screaming for "help".</font color=blue>
That exactly what they sound like. HELP
My neighbor has two and they make a pretty good watch dog, not as good as a guinea hen, but not bad.
<font color=blue>screaming for "help".</font color=blue>
That exactly what they sound like. HELP
My neighbor has two and they make a pretty good watch dog, not as good as a guinea hen, but not bad.
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Al, my grandparents had guineas and Dad always talked about wanting some when I was a kid, but we just had lots of chickens. And I always heard they were great watch dogs, but the neighbors who had the peacocks also had half a dozen guineas and over a 6 month period something killed every one of them, one at a time, just leaving a pile of feathers, and no one ever heard anything.
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Pete -
Yeah, I can see the ears in moose photo. I hope you get another chance for a better shot. I'd really like to see that thing.
Wild turkeys are great eating, huh? Since you and Thomas seem to agree, I might just have to try it out for myself. I suppose you need some kind of license/permit to knock off a wild bird?
Bill (GlueGuy), Thomas -
You're right about the noise the peacocks make. This guy has an amazing repertoire of sounds that he can produce, each one unlike anything I have ever heard before. Would make good effects for a space alien movie. LOUD, too. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif
I've been told they are sometimes used as "watch birds" 'cuz they will honk/bellow/caterwaul at anything approaching which is not familiar to them. During the summer, this one spent much of his day on our roof, belching out his "song" whenever any vehicle or pedestrian happened by that wasn't part of the neighborhood. Looking at the size of the brain box on the critter, I'm surprised it can differentiate between the local residents and "outsiders". /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Bill in MI -
I like those deer pictures just fine. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I'm not a hunter, but I enjoy stalking the wildlife with my camera. Have you noticed that you always get the closest and see the most when you don't have your camera handy? /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif
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I'm sure the episode with the neighbor's peacock was a bit upsetting. You had your given name before the incident, right? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
And now that Pete has warped my way of thinking about these things, I don't suppose you found out if peacocks are good eating, did you? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Yeah, I can see the ears in moose photo. I hope you get another chance for a better shot. I'd really like to see that thing.
Wild turkeys are great eating, huh? Since you and Thomas seem to agree, I might just have to try it out for myself. I suppose you need some kind of license/permit to knock off a wild bird?
Bill (GlueGuy), Thomas -
You're right about the noise the peacocks make. This guy has an amazing repertoire of sounds that he can produce, each one unlike anything I have ever heard before. Would make good effects for a space alien movie. LOUD, too. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif
I've been told they are sometimes used as "watch birds" 'cuz they will honk/bellow/caterwaul at anything approaching which is not familiar to them. During the summer, this one spent much of his day on our roof, belching out his "song" whenever any vehicle or pedestrian happened by that wasn't part of the neighborhood. Looking at the size of the brain box on the critter, I'm surprised it can differentiate between the local residents and "outsiders". /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Bill in MI -
I like those deer pictures just fine. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I'm not a hunter, but I enjoy stalking the wildlife with my camera. Have you noticed that you always get the closest and see the most when you don't have your camera handy? /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif
Bird -
I'm sure the episode with the neighbor's peacock was a bit upsetting. You had your given name before the incident, right? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
And now that Pete has warped my way of thinking about these things, I don't suppose you found out if peacocks are good eating, did you? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
