Peacock nest
My neighbor, Chris, has peacocks. The correct term is peafowl; the males are peacocks and the females are peahens. However, the birds are commonly called peacocks, regardless of their gender, and that seems most natural to me.
A week or so ago, one of the peacocks started coming over the fence onto my property. I saw her several times, walking around, pecking in the tall grass, so I mentioned to Chris that one of her girls has been visiting. Chris immediately suspected that the peacock had been checking out a good spot to make a nest, so she walked into that area to investigate and, sure enough, the bird is nesting at the base of a crooked pine tree, surrounded by tall grass. At first glance, I thought it was a large rock at the bottom of the tree. Chris lifted up the bird and found four eggs.
I’m keeping Lucy away from that area and will stay far enough back myself so that I don’t disturb her. Chris says it takes 28 days for the eggs to hatch, and we think she’s been on them for 4-5 days so far. I hope that in about three weeks, I will see some baby peacocks.