peahens

RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Here in Southern California, peacocks with their dazzling feathers and their mates, known as peahens, have enjoyed a comfortable existence for decades in the upscale community of the Palos Verdes.

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Now before I get emails reminding me that female peacocks are generally called peahens and they don't have the same plumage, please read further first.

Keely the Peacock & Her Reason For Being Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2008

Now before I get emails reminding me that female peacocks are generally called peahens and they don't have the same plumage, please read further first.

Archive 2008-11-01 Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2008

"I've got a clip I want to show you that was never intended to air, so it's raw and unedited, but I think it's going to show us what actually happened," Burke tells the duo, as though speaking to much-loved pet peahens who had been dropped on their heads as chicks.

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The peacock is best known for its extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays prominently as part of courtship of peahens.

Myrdith Leon Mccormack: Dress Me Up with Something Fierce Myrdith Leon Mccormack 2012

The peacock is best known for its extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays prominently as part of courtship of peahens.

Myrdith Leon Mccormack: Dress Me Up with Something Fierce Myrdith Leon Mccormack 2012

Home is an aviary, which is not sealed, where the 2-year-old that stands about 30 inches tall and measures about 48 to 56 inches from beak to tail lives with two peahens the female version of peafowl.

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Cutting the tails of peacocks short prevents them from attracting peahens, but having a slightly larger tail than a rival does not make much difference, because the peahen cannot tell the difference.

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The difference between the best and the good peacock tail is too subtle for peahens to perceive.

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For decades, peacocks and peahens have thrived in a cluster of little cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a hilly chunk of land jutting into the Pacific Ocean just south of Los Angeles.

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