Peafowl Dancers

At least I think it is a dance.

When you spend a lot of time watching your own animals and birds and they do something new it is immediately apparent. And entrancing. And hopefully I have the camera, and hopefully they are not in a dark corner. Well I did have Camera house but Godot and Tui were in a dark corner. Circling each other.

They were most definitely dancing around each other. She had her wings down and he had his tail up. Though by the time I got back with the camera the tail was down but the dance continued. There was a lot of movement which is reflected in the images.  You just don’t have time to rattle about with settings on a camera when the action is suddenly ON. So,  watch this sequence. The blur of movement  kind of adds to it I think. Tell me what you think?

Then they start all over again. Round and round circling each other then pausing jumping across and over each other like Capoeira dancers.  See how high they are holding their heads.

None of this is normal behaviour. Is it a preliminary courtship dance? A battle?   He has had his tail up a lot lately but I have not seen this before. Look at her wings, down like that. And circling each other with their heads high. And they did it again and again. We are getting close to the mating season.  I wonder if I should put the peacock penthouse on standby.

Though we cannot get our hopes up. Godot is only two years old. Technically a peacock needs to be three with a long tail to breed. But he is our only male.  No competition – You never know.

I hope you have a lovely day.

Your friend on the farmy

celi