On a wing and a prayer: Central Park peacock on the run from zoo keepers in New York

A peacock is on the loose in New York City after escaping from the Central Park Zoo today.
The brightly plumaged bird broke free from its enclosure around 9 am this morning before wondering towards the city's Upper East Side.
The zoo, which has already had two other high profile escapees including a pea hen and a cobra,  says the peacock poses no danger to anyone.

Peek-a-boo: A Peacock escaped from the Central Park Zoo and flew across 5th ave. and landed on a windowsill at 838 5th ave

Waiting game: Police and Zoo officials were on scene and appeared to want to wait to see if the Peacock flew off on it's own, rather than frighten it

Zoo-keepers are asking anyone who spots the peacock 'not to follow or harass the bird.'
Spokeswoman Mary Dixon says they're hopeful the male peacock will either fly back or be retrieved nearby.
The bird apparently found a comfortable perch on the fifth-story window ledge of a nearby building on Tuesday.
Up to 100 people gathered on East 65th Street for a little urban bird-watching, as the reticent peacock stubbornly refused to move from the window ledge.

Hanging around: The bird spent several hours admiring it's reflection in the window and was still perched there late in the afternoon

The daring bird has obviously taken a leaf from fellow escapees after setting up his 'own' Twitter account.
Calling himself the 'Peacock in the City', this is one bird with a lot of attitude.
This evening he tweeted: 'Just finished dinner at a Chinese restaurant and I'm relieved to find out that the peacock fantasy is actually chicken!'
And like the rest of New York, it appears even peacocks suffer in the stifling heat.
Earlier today he wrote: 'Anyone know of any good anti-friz products? This humidity is killing my feathers!'
In March, a venomous Egyptian cobra was found nearly a week after it went missing from the Bronx Zoo's Reptile House.