Be like a peacock and dance with all of your beauty…

- Debasish Mridha.

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On our trip back from Washington, we had to cut short our plans for Mt Adams due to an unexpected snow storm and rather than head home early we decided to stay over at Bend one of our favorite little towns in Oregon. We had abandoned a plan to hike the waterfall loop above Tumalo falls a year before and wanted to complete it this time since had the time. The trail was wonderful and we had a great time exploring the Tumalo Creek and after the trip decided to head towards town for a well-deserved food break.

On our way back I noticed something in the forest as headed out from the parking lot. I yelled at my wife to stop the car and as we parked by the roadside a beautiful peacock came out from the bushes and casually crossed the road and keep walking to the forest. I grabbed my camera and lens and basically followed him for a short distance taking photos every chance I got. Now peacocks are native to India and are pretty common around my hometown and we learn as kids how vicious they can be if you bother them. When I saw movement in the bushes, my immediate thought was a peacock, but I kept telling myself that it can’t be and then whoa. Now, this is the second time I have seen peafowl in the wild, the first encounter was in Montana De Oro state park in California and now in Bend Oregon. While pretty to look at peacocks do not have any natural predators here and prey on venomous snakes and it would be interesting to say how they affect the animal and bird kingdoms of the Americas.

Taken in: United States / Oregon / Deschutes (show map)

Taken on: June 16, 2018

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Bend

Oregon

peafowl

Nature

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Blue

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Sets appears in: • The Beaver State!! • lil critters..

Groups appears in: • **Heart Awards** (P.1 Award 5) Open - Sweeper present

Camera: Nikon D500, f/4.0, 1/500 sec, 200mm (=300mm), ISO 140 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D500
Lens:	70.0-200.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	200mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm)
ISO:	140
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)
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