Ever See Baby Peacocks Before?

My wife's favorite golf course is called Makalei, located on the slopes of the smallish volcano of Hualalai that looms over our village of Kailua.  The course is beautiful but difficult, with holes that rise and fall with the steep terrain.  On a clear day you can see the Pacific Ocean and the island of Maui in the distance.

The course's mascots -- even appearing on the course logo -- are a number of resident peacocks who have become quite tame and usually insist on a treat as a toll charge at each tee.  My wife loves to watch them as their behavior and plumage change during the year.  Breeding season is now over and the males have lost most of their long tail feathers that they spread as a huge fan to woo the females.

This year Karen was treated to see a couple of baby peacocks wandering around with their mother.  She snapped the photo below and caught a cute interaction between the female (left) and (male) chicks. Note the little stub of a tail fan on the male that he seems to be trying to display.  I imagine the dialogue between them going something like this:

She-cock:  "Brother dear, what the Hell are you doing??"

He-cock:  "I...I don't know!! It just feels like I'm supposed to be trying this!"

She-cock:  "Yeah, well just keep that little peacock to yourself!"