Portrait of a Peacock
by Lydia Holly
Title
Portrait of a Peacock
Artist
Lydia Holly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Peafowl are two Asiatic and one African species of flying bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks.[1] The adult female peafowl is grey and/or brown. Peachicks can be between yellow and a tawny colour with darker brown patches or light tan and ivory, also referred to as "dirty white". The term also includes the Congo peafowl, which is placed in a separate genus Afropavo. Source: Wikipedia
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October 11th, 2014
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Comments (14)
Olivia Hardwicke
Magnificent capture, Lydia! Beautiful! l/f
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Olivia for your comment and for choosing this piece as a favorite/like!
Heather King
Such a GORGEOUS peacock glorious capture Lydia!!!! FAV
Lydia Holly replied:
Thanks so much Heather for your uplifting comment and for choosing this piece as a favorite!
Constance Lowery
My neighbor used to have several peacock and peahens. They are gone now don't know why. Anyway, you have captured a beautiful bird.
Lydia Holly replied:
So glad this triggered what seems to have been a pleasant memory. Thank you for your encouraging !
Karunita Kapoor
Love your capture, Lynda dear! So bright and appealing! Fav/
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Karunita for your kind comment. I appreciate you choosing this piece as a favorite!
Robert Bales
Congrats for being selected to the feature page Lydia and it sure is very well deserving!! v/f/t