The Peacock Encounter
Gretchen and I came across a male Indian Peafowl this morning on our ride. I'd heard the bird last week on our ride, but this week it was standing right in the trail - in the trail at Marsh Creek.
Our first encounter was pretty innocent. Gretchen at first approached, but I told her to stay back. I started approaching and it flew up to a tree.
On our way back it was in the trail again. This time Gretchen ignored me and went right for it. Angrily it flew up to a tree.
And that was it. Jen had the camera out on the water with her, so no pictures of its bright blue plumage.
Oh.
I did find a regular tick on my leg while waiting for Gretchen at one of her watering holes. I flicked it off into the bushes where it inadvertently landed in spider web for some arachnid on arachnid action. I guess the spider won. When I looked back the tick was gone and the spider had returned to its perch in the center of its web.
- b
Our first encounter was pretty innocent. Gretchen at first approached, but I told her to stay back. I started approaching and it flew up to a tree.
On our way back it was in the trail again. This time Gretchen ignored me and went right for it. Angrily it flew up to a tree.
And that was it. Jen had the camera out on the water with her, so no pictures of its bright blue plumage.
Oh.
I did find a regular tick on my leg while waiting for Gretchen at one of her watering holes. I flicked it off into the bushes where it inadvertently landed in spider web for some arachnid on arachnid action. I guess the spider won. When I looked back the tick was gone and the spider had returned to its perch in the center of its web.
- b
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