I found comrade today.
By Katarina
- 2 Dec, 2012
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He is living in the park. To my surprise he is not shy, followed me along the park (wherever i moved he moved, too, lol) and enjoyed flashes of my camera with phlegmatic elegance.
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You are fantastic, Klahanie! Yes, lol. This was white peacock. The "guy" on tree was normal, colourful sort :) They were very friendly.
3 Dec, 2012
Lovely. Peacocks are often friendly and always after food!
3 Dec, 2012
very pretty bird :)
3 Dec, 2012
wonder what a white peacock's tail display would be like? monotone, I imagine! never thought of it before I saw this pic, now I'm forever going to wonder - unless I ask Mr Google - and he said http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsouthj/4316597496/
9r http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuXXfwJOCI but make sure you "skip the ad"!
5 Dec, 2012
pretty bird. pure white!
6 Dec, 2012
It starts to snow here. Might be nice to see them on the snow. Maybe I will visit thenpark during the weekend and will bring some more photos of them. This time, they will be made by camera, not by my cellular phone.
7 Dec, 2012
lol wouldyou be able to see them on the snow?? they've got built-in camouflage - but look forward to pics
7 Dec, 2012
Do not rank these beautiful birds among spies, criminals and politicians. Camouflage is not what they use.
7 Dec, 2012
camouflage is also for protection by innocent people from predators.
7 Dec, 2012
This is propaganda :)
8 Dec, 2012
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9 Dec, 2012
i think he is a she ie know nice tail so a peahen with a frind ready to make babies nesxt year . albino means a lack of pygment so the peacock plumes would be a beautiful white .not mch in the wild that isnt a colour . albino blackbirds arewhite so never were black.
9 Dec, 2012
well spotted, Noseypotter! shee, about time I picked up my new specs. @-@¬
should'nt think albino colouring would make survival any easier for wild creatures or birds - apart from being glaringly conspicuous in anytihng but a snow-field, most creatues like others to look "right" and so the chances of finding a mate would be much reduced - or we'd have species that bred albino all down the line (for all I know, maybe there are)
9 Dec, 2012
xx
11 Dec, 2012
Hi Noseypotter and Fran@in the cage with these white peacocks and normally coloured two males there were also males and hens which were coloured like normal peacocks, but had many white patches on them. I didn´t like them so much, but maybe they are the cross?
11 Dec, 2012
It's quite possible that the genes have been at least partly passed on; whether those birds will pass on their inherited albino genes remains to be seen - how big were the patches? with one parent normal and one albino, the chick would have a fifty-fifty chance of getting either colouring - that's if there isn't a genetic disposition towards one or the other, of course.
12 Dec, 2012
They had several white patches of different sizes. Maybe they cover 1/3 of their total surface, in some less.
12 Dec, 2012
lol I'll have to do a Google in "albino genetics" now!
12 Dec, 2012
Let us know! :))
12 Dec, 2012
sounds strange . i know theres a condition wear you have know pygment in your skin but do have normal colour eyes but albino means lack of any pygment . red eyes are caused bye the red blood vessels in the eye and the pink hew is to do with the bload vessels in skin too .
12 Dec, 2012
There were 3 sorts - Eritrea, normálne, SND miezd.
12 Dec, 2012
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Albino peacocks (technically white peacocks).... they are absolutely stunning. Was the one on the tree white as well? Looked like maybe not.
3 Dec, 2012