Vibrant Peacock Mating Dance at Macintosh Island Park, Gold Coast

Experience a striking male peacock in full courtship display among peahens at Macintosh Island Park on the Gold Coast. In Australia's spring breeding season of September, he spreads his iridescent tail feathers, strutting and shaking them with a rapid motion that produces a unique rattling sound, akin to a rattlesnake. This captivating dance highlights the vivid eyespots and shimmering blues and greens of his train, a vital signal to attract mates in the lush spring environment of Queensland's Gold Coast.