{"id":227,"date":"2008-05-24T21:06:21","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T01:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2009-05-30T22:39:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T02:39:34","slug":"struting-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Struting Feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"

My husband Rich and I took a drive and ended up at a small zoo in Bordentown, NJ. Luckily I had my camera with me as suddenly a male peacock decided to strut its feathers to impress a female.<\/p>\n

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I was fortunate as in addition to having my camera, I had good lighting. I apologize for the copyright notice, it is distracting, but sadly too many people help themselves and I don’t want another situation where something ends up on coffee mugs.<\/p>\n

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This is the female being woo’ed.<\/p>\n

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And like many females, she watched as the male strutted, shook it feathers, and did everything possible to win her attention.<\/p>\n

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The male is quite beautiful, and he often doesn’t look real.<\/p>\n

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From the back he is just as attractive, albeit less colorful.<\/p>\n

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I have several others (okay, I’ve about 60 of ’em), many that I happy with (and, who knows, maybe will make it into a quilt).<\/p>\n

While I was busy photographing the peacocks, I noticed Rich was busy feeding monkeys, camels, wolves, and other animals. Here he is with some happy wolves. Gorgeous animals!<\/p>\n

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