I knew a couple who played hobby rancher after retirement, and she got into exptic fowl of all kinds, including peacocks.
Turns out, pure blue and pure white can mate, and make the most interesting piebald offspring.
(Praying Mantis)
Mine (upthread) was 48° N, Mid September. You win at a canter…
And regarding peafowl:
We need pictures.
Today on the bike I took a detour past Brockham to see if the cattle egrets were around (haven’t seen them there for months). A little way shy of the location, I saw a pair if red kites working a field, adjacent the road. Just a fabulous sight, the two of them soaring and swooping together - they are astonishingly graceful for their size - so I had to stop and watch until they moved further away. Oh, and yeah, there was a single cattle egret doing what they do, but no cattle - not sure I’ve seen that before.
A pretty damn good day.
j
If we are being that precise, it was 52°15′N 13°39′E 
I still did not expect it, but was glad to see it. Praying mantis are close to perfection, IMHO.
Today I spent some time hanging out at the park with some of my fellow aquatic mammals.
I love how casually they take over a bench.
Let’s see if this works. The beater car and shrubbery in the background are fairly good assurance that this isn’t Photoshop/AI.
That is one amazing peacock - thank you!
And @Tatterdemalion - that is an astonishing photo. Can you say where it was?
j
It was at Sister City Park in Monterey.
A zoomed out shot of the park.
That’s just crazy. We have a lot of urban foxes - I can’t imagine having scores (hundreds?) of urban sea lions.
j
Downwind, the smell is pretty intense. Apparently this is just a stop on their annual migration.
Yes. It works. I’ve seen mixed peacocks before. The effect is stunning.
And they are freaking noisy. But darn cute.
Your image was definitely not AI
Please don’t do that.
Today in nature I was seen.
j
Not in nature, but in the men’s room at work: a giant freaking spider in the urinal. This is one of those goes-all-the-way-to-the-floor urinals where the drain is a couple inches below floor level. I often see beetles that have fallen in and can’t get out, but this spider was bigger than any beetle I’ve seen in there. Yikes!
(And no, I wasn’t going to stick my face down in there to get a good look at what kind of spider it was…)
But you did aim for it, yes?
I was wondering too!
With those kind of urinals you have to be careful, otherwise you might get some splash on your shoes. But yes, I did try to soak him a bit.
Oh, now he’s mad. 
But . . . but . . . you are @Shoeless are you not?
And @Dung_Beetle , considering where he hangs out why would he be mad? Would you be mad at some gifted dung?