Info Needed~
I am starting another peafowl "lesson" about anatomy, movement, and behavior. If anyone has any clear pictures (that they don't mind me re-posting in the thread for BYC) of the following for india blue or java green peafowl, could you either post them here or email them to me at ItamashiiSparkle at gmail dot com? I will of course assign credit to you in the post, and I'll be using my own photos and videos I can find posted publicly, I just don't have enough photos on my own.
Anatomy:
Crest (individual feathers or full crown)
Head
Beak
Tongue/throat
Eyes
Feet
Legs
Spurs
Wing- extended and folded, blackshoulder and barred wing, and underside. Also a close up of a wing band in place would be nice.
Train- fanned, preening, and put down, individual feathers at the eye, trunk, and base close up; The beginning of the train on the area of the back
Scale feathers
Tail- from behind the bird or from just after a train molt to view just the tail feathers
If anyone has bone structure diagrams (or knows where I can find them) or musculature diagrams that would be fantastic.
For their movement and behavior I would like to be able to either post or link to videos of peafowl performing all manner of movement, including:
Taking off
Flying
Landing (on the ground, and on a perch)
Jumping
The act of laying down (not just laying there, but actually the process of)
Sunbathing
Eating/Drinking
Walking
Standing
Turning (tight turn where they have to move their train and plain turn where they are just changing direction)
Preening
Calling/Honking (any video you have or have found of them making peculiar noises would be heartily welcome)
Distress noises- the 'popping' noise they make when they don't like something, and the alarm call if you have it
Baby noises
Interacting with young, interacting with other species
Fighting (I don't really want to see this, but I'd like to be able to show what it looks like)
Mating
On a nest
Pictures of these things are also needed. If there's anything I have forgotten that you happen to have on hand, I'm sure I can find a place for it in the thread.
I'm also still looking for photos/videos of illnesses and injuries for the 103 thread on the same. We all hate to see our birds sick and the only thing worse than knowing they are sick or hurt is not knowing with what, why or what to do about it. Hoping visual references will help.
And as a last note- if any of you have vets that will see peafowl, could I get their contact information? Adding a list to the 103 post.
I am starting another peafowl "lesson" about anatomy, movement, and behavior. If anyone has any clear pictures (that they don't mind me re-posting in the thread for BYC) of the following for india blue or java green peafowl, could you either post them here or email them to me at ItamashiiSparkle at gmail dot com? I will of course assign credit to you in the post, and I'll be using my own photos and videos I can find posted publicly, I just don't have enough photos on my own.
Anatomy:
Crest (individual feathers or full crown)
Head
Beak
Tongue/throat
Eyes
Feet
Legs
Spurs
Wing- extended and folded, blackshoulder and barred wing, and underside. Also a close up of a wing band in place would be nice.
Train- fanned, preening, and put down, individual feathers at the eye, trunk, and base close up; The beginning of the train on the area of the back
Scale feathers
Tail- from behind the bird or from just after a train molt to view just the tail feathers
If anyone has bone structure diagrams (or knows where I can find them) or musculature diagrams that would be fantastic.
For their movement and behavior I would like to be able to either post or link to videos of peafowl performing all manner of movement, including:
Taking off
Flying
Landing (on the ground, and on a perch)
Jumping
The act of laying down (not just laying there, but actually the process of)
Sunbathing
Eating/Drinking
Walking
Standing
Turning (tight turn where they have to move their train and plain turn where they are just changing direction)
Preening
Calling/Honking (any video you have or have found of them making peculiar noises would be heartily welcome)
Distress noises- the 'popping' noise they make when they don't like something, and the alarm call if you have it
Baby noises
Interacting with young, interacting with other species
Fighting (I don't really want to see this, but I'd like to be able to show what it looks like)
Mating
On a nest
Pictures of these things are also needed. If there's anything I have forgotten that you happen to have on hand, I'm sure I can find a place for it in the thread.
I'm also still looking for photos/videos of illnesses and injuries for the 103 thread on the same. We all hate to see our birds sick and the only thing worse than knowing they are sick or hurt is not knowing with what, why or what to do about it. Hoping visual references will help.
And as a last note- if any of you have vets that will see peafowl, could I get their contact information? Adding a list to the 103 post.
