# There's a peacock in my neighborhood **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850 "2008-04-03T21:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/41 "2008-04-20T21:31:11Z")
I think that the better explanation is that if you’d _embedded_ the file it would be stealing bandwidth, but linking to someone’s site via a link that takes them to that site is not stealing. Bandwidth theft is more often in the form of images–you put an image on a page that shows up on your page but is actually hosted on someone else’s site. It’s ok to make a hotlink TO the image, but not to DISPLAY the image. Same with the sound file. I think that is what they were going for but didn’t explain it very clearly. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/42 "2008-04-20T21:32:57Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] …Season the chicken both inside and out…roast the chicken for 40 to 50 minutes… [/QUOTE] 😕 Anyway, I have always been rather disgusted with the reaction some people have “oh, unusual animal? Hmmm… CAN WE KILL IT AND EAT IT?! OOOOH BOY!!!” It’s sick. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/43 "2008-04-20T21:33:35Z")
As long as I’m sharing pix, here’s some more of the wildlife that’s crossed my property at some point: [Turkey](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_3600sm.jpg), [turkey](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_0834.jpg), [turkey](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_0838.jpg) [Coyote](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/DSC04367.jpg) [Heron](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_2892.jpg) [Red-tail hawk](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_2822sm.jpg) [Bobcat](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/bigcat2.jpg) [Bambi](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/DSC06196.jpg) [Killer robotic deer](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/DSC02921_sm.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/44 "2008-04-20T21:37:15Z")
The hell? That heron displays in Photobucket as rightside up, but is turned when it loads in my browser. [Photo Storage](http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/?action=view¤t=IMG_2892.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/45 "2008-04-20T21:43:22Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I think that the better explanation is that if you’d _embedded_ the file it would be stealing bandwidth, but linking to someone’s site via a link that takes them to that site is not stealing. Bandwidth theft is more often in the form of images–you put an image on a page that shows up on your page but is actually hosted on someone else’s site. It’s ok to make a hotlink TO the image, but not to DISPLAY the image. Same with the sound file. [/QUOTE] OK, that makes more sense to me. I thought that it wasn’t all that different in terms of bandwidth suck if I linked to the file instead of the blog, since the blog was the file’s “native habitat”. But it was such a teeny amount of data I was hoping it wasn’t a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/46 "2008-04-20T21:44:39Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] [Killer robotic deer](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/DSC02921_sm.jpg) [/QUOTE] “Lasers charging…” ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/47 "2008-04-20T23:05:10Z")
When I was a kid some neighbors raised peahens. Their shrieking could be heard quite a ways off. One of my sister’s friends asked what the noise was and my sister told her it was the local S & M parlor. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/48 "2008-04-21T03:30:56Z")
Here are some [various](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvtThNecHeg&feature=related) [YouTube clips](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZrlpa0p2sI&feature=related) [of peacocks calling,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWTABEOFYoY&feature=related) [and some peahens too.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29GHm77nwtk&feature=related) I think they are awesomely cute, and I like their calls - you are lucky to have one in your neighborhood! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/49 "2008-04-21T03:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] As long as I’m sharing pix, here’s some more of the wildlife that’s crossed my property at some point: [Turkey](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_3600sm.jpg), [turkey](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_0834.jpg), [turkey](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_0838.jpg) [Coyote](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/DSC04367.jpg) [Heron](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_2892.jpg) [Red-tail hawk](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_2822sm.jpg) [Bobcat](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/bigcat2.jpg) [Bambi](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/DSC06196.jpg) [Killer robotic deer](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/DSC02921_sm.jpg) [/QUOTE] LUCKY!!! I am so jealous. Your land is beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/50 "2008-04-21T03:45:17Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] I think they are awesomely cute, and I like their calls - you are lucky to have one in your neighborhood! [/QUOTE] Liar! You don’t like birds! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/51 "2008-04-21T03:53:28Z")
It’s always cool to see large birds up close. I have a couple stories: A few years ago, I was driving around Fairfax County when I came up on a vulture helping itself to the catch of the day. It must’ve been pretty good, as he didn’t fly away until I was very close, and I got a good look at him from very close. I never realized just how damn big they are. My family was once chased away from a park bench by an emu at some exotic animal zoo near Reston, VA. We were just sitting there, and he came up and made noises like he was going to vomit all over us, so we left. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/52 "2008-04-21T03:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Liar! You don’t like birds! 😉 [/QUOTE] You know me so well!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/53 "2008-04-21T03:57:03Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] My family was once chased away from a park bench by an emu at some exotic animal zoo near Reston, VA. We were just sitting there, and he came up and made noises like he was going to vomit all over us, so we left. [/QUOTE] Are you sure it was an emu? That close to DC, it could have been a congressman… ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/54 "2008-04-21T04:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] LUCKY!!! I am so jealous. Your land is beautiful! [/QUOTE] Thanks. I’m still sometimes surprised and delighted by all the abundance of cool things that grow or walk or fly around here. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and the wildest thing I ever saw was a crow or just maybe a raccoon. Maybe. I can’t imagine living anywhere but here now. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/55 "2008-04-21T04:05:06Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] made noises like he was going to vomit all over us, so we left. [/QUOTE] You left? Gosh… can’t imagine why… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/56 "2008-04-21T04:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] The hell? That heron displays in Photobucket as rightside up, but is turned when it loads in my browser. [Private Group Photo & Video Sharing](http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/?action=view¤t=IMG_2892.jpg) [/QUOTE] OK, Photobucket is totally messing with me. If I’m logged into their site, that heron picture is oriented correctly. If I’m not, its sideways, feet left, head right. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/57 "2008-04-21T04:11:50Z")
It looks right to me, and I don’t even have a Photobucket account to log into. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/58 "2008-04-21T04:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] It looks right to me, and I don’t even have a Photobucket account to log into. [/QUOTE] This link too? [http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG\_2892.jpg](http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_2892.jpg) Are you using IE, Firefox, or something else? Thanks. (I should let this go, but its driving me crazy.) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/59 "2008-04-21T04:40:45Z")
That one looks fine, too. I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.14 (It would bug me, too, until I figured out what was going on!) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850/60 "2008-04-21T04:45:20Z")
Thanks for the reality check, OpalCat. Weird! I’m using FF 2.0.0.14 (XP) too! And the picture keeps landing on its side. I know vaguely what it must be: there’s a tag in the JPEG file that tells the orientation, and some picture viewers respect it and some don’t, and somehow the pixels are a different orientation than what the JPEG tag says. But why I see it and you don’t is what’s really odd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-peacock-in-my-neighborhood/443850.md?page=4)