Catching peacocks: my adventures in Eilat, Middle East

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Catching peacocks: my adventures in Eilat, Middle East

Hello everyone!! I hope you are having a beautiful day!

I want to tell you that I'm in my days of adventure in the Middle East, now more in this area than before, since I have arrived in Eilat, the Israeli city that is on the Red Sea and from where you can see Egypt and Jordan. So as you can imagine, I have a lot to share with you.

I still have to tell you about Haifa, more about Tel Aviv, and specific places that I have been getting to know.

However, today I want to share something quite funny and beautiful that I experienced, and it was observing peacocks until I got good photos.

You'll see that some are very pretty, and others not really, but they moved too much! Hehe

It turns out that today I visited Dolphin Beach in Eilat, and the first thing I saw when I arrived was a peacock. Of course, inside the place I discovered that there were many more, and you know how much I love birds!

I tell you, for those who do not know, that the colorful and elegant peacocks are the males. Yes! Those platinum blues with the stupendous plumage, they're males.

I was begging to see one with its feathers outstretched, as I don't think I've ever seen them like that, but the peacocks I did see were just strolling or lounging like a dog lying in the shade.

However, at one point I spotted one in full feather deployment. Later, I found a child playing with another turkey also with its beautiful plumage exposed.

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The bird catched by this child

Peacocks spread their feathers when they feel threatened, as a way of defending their territory. This is something that happens with many colorful animals or insects, who use their striking hues to command presence and show ownership. In addition, they use them for courtship, and according to the website El Confidencial, they are also used to communicate with other turkeys.

Here we have a peacok kinda angry with another one

The point is that I had a lot of fun watching these birds and trying to capture a good photo or video.

They helped a lot, since even though they "ran away", they were very friendly, walking among people.

In addition, they live with cats, roosters and chickens. A show!

For me it was extremely fun trying to get a good picture. I know there are few that are very pretty, but it was not possible to get too close because the peacocks moved. Still, I'm satisfied considering the difficulty involved in photographing animals!