Question- Large bird walking with Deer?????
 

The other day, I saw a group of deer that had a big beautiful bird that was walking right through the woods with them. When the group of deer stopped, the bird stopped. When they turned left, the bird went left, etc. This bird obviously was traveling with the deer.

I don' t know what kind of bird it was. It had a really beautiful teal green/teal blue neck. The only thing I could think of is a peacock, but it did not have the long tail featheres.

Has anyone seen anything like this before??

Any idea as to what type of bird I saw hanging out with these deer?

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That' s interesting. I' m trying to think of some bird that would fit your description. The only bird I' ve seen following a deer were turkeys. How big was this mysterious bird compared to a turkey? Did it have a longer neck, long legs, etc.? Any other descriptive info could help.

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What was its size and how long was the neck and what color was the body. I would think some kind of crane

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YUP, I' m thinking a big blue heron or possibly and excaped peacock.[:o]

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Not a turkey, not a heron, not a crane.

Maybe an escaped peacock, but I don' t recall seeing the long distinguished tail feathers. The bird walked with its head up high and had kind of a thick neck.

The blue/green was really amazing. I found it most interesting how it just stayed right with the group of deer. Almost as if it thought it was a deer.

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Sorry, but I' ve got this mental image I have to get out before my head pops...

You' ve got your stand set up on Sesame Street?!!? [&:]:D:D

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my vote is for the peacock. Maybe something nipped off its tail feathers.

You' ve got your stand set up on Sesame Street?!! Now thats funny:D

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thats funny...

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Do male and female peacocks both have colorful tail feathers???? just a thought

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What about a ring-neck pheasent? They are fairly large, not as big as a turkey, but, a male ringneck has great coloration

This is a ringneck........... http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...d_image_search

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I had a huge ugly bird this year too. It eventually forced a nice buck away. It' s an Emu. Thing ticks me off so much I plan to pick her off this season. No challange to doing the deed. Good thing they make good eats, there is a bunch of it.

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Was its name Larry?????

Did you bother to ask/

I hear he is a great stalker:D:D

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I had a dozen ringnecks under my stand last night for an hour! They sure were kicking it up! Tonight I got my pheasent stamp;)

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now talking about peacocks in the woods I have seen one.. got about 15 yards away from it while stalking.. I stalked it for a couple hundred yards and got bored so I stopped.. Im sure it seen me and paid no attention anyway

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Is this your bird?
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Have Lab/will travel.[:-]

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Emu, That does sound tasty!!!!!!!

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my aunt and uncle have a farm and own a peacock they lose there feathers this time of year its called molting

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I' m guessing a pheasant. Still laughing about the sesame street thing. lmao

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Tonight, I saw the bird walking towards me through the woods. Following the bird was its adopted familiy which includes an adult doe and a doe fawn. It is really something to see the deer following and even nudging the bird as they walk.

I was concerned that the bird would have better vision and might see me. What a great experiment for me on the first day wearing my new 3D ASAT camo suit.

As the three approached the bottom of the tree I was in, I was still. The mystery bird, is in fact a Peacock. How it avoids the foxes is a mystery. Well, the bird did not notice me. As the doe reached about 3 yards from my tree, it started sniffing the air. It sensed that something was out of order. As she raised her head and sniffed the air, she look right at/through me. She did this several times, but never freaked out, and went on feading with the fawn and Peacock. They stayed with me for a while before entering the bean field to feed. After 15-20 minutes of eating, they walked right back under my stand. They never new I was there.

ASAT works for both Deer and for Peacocks.

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Where' s that digital camera when you need it?[:' (]