Noises Peacocks Make
The first two peacocks I got were given to me- 2 males,each
about a year old. I was in another part of the yard and I heard
this awful "Honnnnnk!!" I was wondering what
had made that NOISE, when it dawned on me that it was one of my
new, nearly beautiful birds!
In the months and
years to come, I learned that peacocks make all kinds
of calls:
*At twilight, they flew up into the pine trees and
the
males would call out to each other and to distant
birds-
"hellllllp hellllllllllp!"
*The peahens, on the other hand, sort of say
"hell-O, hell-O."
*Sometimes the males call out with as sad dove-like
call
"Ohhhhh ohhhhh," sometimes accompanied by
the
dogs howling too- all at neighboring coyotes.
*When the males are fanned out, and there are several
around, they go "Aaaaahhh Aaaaahhh Aaaaahhh,"
maybe up to six times each, back and forth between
each other. I admit, this one gets to me at times,
especially if I am on the phone, it's hard to hear
and
be heard!
*If they are disturbed in the night, especially if
the moon is
up, they will call back and forth with the "Aaaaahhh"
calls... usually I can
put a pillow on my head to get back to sleep. (My
husband
sleeps right through it all..) This all-night-calling
only happens
once or so in the breeding season, and we all get
used to the noise.
*Near the end of the mating season, their poor voices
get hoarse,
and sometimes they can be heard to bray or even squeak!
We all get a good laugh out of this.
When their calls stop
in August, it actually seems TOO quiet and we miss
it!
My theory is that the peacocks' noise-making anatomy
is much
like a trombone- a long horn, with a wide mouth or
a narrow
nose as openings, giving a wide range of audio possibilities.
It seems at making time, their ears are super-sensitive
and they
react to just about any noise.
I always enjoy seeing a peacock on the roof, calling
out
in the early morning when it is cold, steam coming
out of his mouth, making him look like a fire-breathing
dragon. They really are something!
In the future on this page we hope to have audio
bites of peacock noises. Keep checking back here.
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