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Date: 8/10/26 1:39 pm From: 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds <mbbirds...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Loma Prieta quiet, but Peacock on the road... (photos)
Thanks Debbie, What might be of interest was a nice note I received from R. Wallen. He stated, and I agree with him, that my photos are likely of a second year, not fully grown adult male. In the photos we "can see a lot of the brown juvenile feathers sticking out". Also, the "peacock" feathers are not fully grown. I should also clarify that I saw the bird about 1/2 mile before Casalegno's, according to the GPS coordinates of my phone (37Â°01'35.0"N 121Â°57'04.3"W). The bird was very close to Alfadel Lane, on the east side of the road. Pete On 8/10/26 1:19 PM, Deborah Diersch wrote: > Hi Pete, > > Thank you for the bird sightings and the photo of the peacock - that > poor bird! It looks like someone plucked-off its gorgeous tail > feathers. Maybe that is why whoever owns it keeps them - some vendors > sell them at farmer's markets. I know of a ranch further up Old San > Jose Soquel Road that used to have several peacocks, originally > domestic, that escapedÂ and are now living a relatively feral life, but > I doubt that they would have been that far down by Casalegno's. The > ones I used to see lived up at Webb's Farm Supply. > > Thanks again for your reports and photos. > Debbie > Aptos > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 12:25â€¯PM 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds > <mbbirds...> wrote: > > Hi birders, > > For some reason I decided yesterday, that a birding visit to Loma > Prieta > was on order. Loma Prieta was almost silent. The only consistently > singing birds were Wrentits. Occasionally a Spotted Towhee, CA Scrub > Jay, Lesser Goldfinch or N. Flicker called, but that was about it. > Loma > Prieta was warm and buggy, with not a flycatcher in sight. A few > Violette-green Swallows foraged, but that was it for insect eaters. I > guess I saw what I should have expected, given that the breeding > season > is mostly over. For full lists see: > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S381631324 > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S381663192 > > The only real surprise was on my way up. On Old Soquel San Jose Road, > there was a male peacock (domestic Indian Peafowl), on the side of > the > road, about a mile before Casalegno's. Had to turn around and take > a a > few photos of this insane looking bird before continuing on: > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/peafowl_indian_domestic_260809b.jpg > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/peafowl_indian_domestic_260809a.jpg > > I have to believe that this is a domestic bird wandering about its > home > where it, and likely a few others live. I heard another one so, > likely > somebody's aviary birds, but worth an ebird list, well, because > why not! > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S381700536 > > Fun birding, > > Pete SolÃ© > > staring at domestic birds on the side of the road, near Soquel, CA > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > <mailto:mbbirds%<2Bunsubscribe...>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<4cb4c326-5e32-446f-8bc4-4ec3e09a9855...> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<CAFw6txWgQFwbV8Y7kXv48J1bcQq5oVCZic21ZtGbQWM6hMC6jg...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<CAFw6txWgQFwbV8Y7kXv48J1bcQq5oVCZic21ZtGbQWM6hMC6jg...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<5c9f9802-54cc-4916-bbaf-1fbe21b5c115...>

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