A year earlier, James McNeill Whistler’s enchantment with Rossetti’s bird had resulted in him designing the green, blue and gold Peacock Room in the Kensington home of Frederick Richards Leyland. Alas ...

One might deem these sublime birds unlikely companions for the author. Flynn, a National Magazine Award-winning correspondent for GQ, makes a living largely reporting on crime, war and other miseries.

A peacock that had begun making "loud" noises as it searched for a mate in a Kent, U.K. neighborhood has finally been caught — and is now being cared for by an animal rescue group.