Alarm / Distress Call After Dark

[Kedreeva]

Any chance you could record it? Lots of digital camera and smart phones take video with sound... It'd be cool to archive the sound if it's something other than their normal daytime call.

 

[cinders55]

Thank you, that is what I meant. I don't know much about the different species. My boys are pied I believe.

 

[cinders55]

Cinder55,

A better term to use instead of "breed" your usage is "species". Breeds can also be different but not on scale I am interested in.

Thank you, that is what I meant. I don't know much about the different species of peafowl. I think every one I see is beautiful though. (Sorry for the double post, couldn't figure out how to delete the first one.)

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Do you know if your neighbors have gotten any new peas lately?
Because I find that, although these guys all call, they all sound different; they have quite distinctive voices.
So if you are hearing a different sounding vocalization, perhaps there is a new voice in the mix?

*edited to add:
Sorry if this was confusing, this question is for the original poster, centrarchid!

 

[centrarchid]

Thank you, that is what I meant. I don't know much about the different species. My boys are pied I believe.

Pied I think is light colored breed or variant of one of the species blue or green, former I think. Third species I think is the Congo that has much smaller train and looks different in other ways.

 

[centrarchid]

new 2 pfowl,


Neighbor has not indicated introduction of new birds but subject not broached in conversations.


I am going to have to get a some and learn about them myself.

 

[Frosty]

If the dog is reacting, I would say that something is wrong. I don't think dogs react to just sounds, they seem to know if something is wrong or out of the ordinary.

 

[centrarchid]

If the dog is reacting, I would say that something is wrong. I don't think dogs react to just sounds, they seem to know if something is wrong or out of the ordinary.

I have come to same conclusion. Just moments ago dog alerted be to something in front yard. I went out and inadvertantly blinded a red fox with flashlite and dog nearly caught it. Fox was near pens but appeared to be going after June beetles or a mouse rather than chickens. Chickens do not normally react to predators while on roost unless contacted by predator and dog gets there fast. Only exception with chickens involves great-horned owls which somehow knock chickens off roost, possibly without touching them. I was wondering if peafowl can see and react to predators that chickens do not unless contacted by. If fox or raccoon is working outside pen, then peafowl might get riled while chickens do not, providing a more sensitive detector of predators for dog.

 

[Mmmatt13]

I've noticed that chickens just get REALLY sleepy when it gets dark, so they don't react to much at all at night. I haven't had peas yet so I can't vouch for that side of the equation, but the chickens I think just get groggy and fail to notice anything around them.

 

[centrarchid]

Now that neighbors are getting busy with fireworks, it is becoming evident that peafowl have a distinctive alarm call but it is not as distinctive as with chickens.