Common Peafowl

Common Peafowl (Pavo cristatus): Very large exotic game bird, around 40 to 90 inches. Some feral populations may exist in Southern California, but otherwise they are introduced.

I saw a peacock in my yard in Oregon once and I am still very curious as to where it came from. I also saw and got to photograph common peafowl at a farm in Central Oregon. I think it's interesting that peacock feathers are a current fashion among teenage girls and young women. The design is super common in earrings, shirts and even dresses (and sometimes prom dresses! Yuck!). This strange phenomenon has got me pondering how many other fashions have been directly or indirectly derived from the animal world.