Peacock on the prowl falls for officer's decoy, not love

A Boston police officer used an electronic mating call Monday to help capture a peacock that h escaped from a nearby zoo.

An officer lured curious peacock that h escaped from Franklin Park Zoo into a fenced-in yard while playing a mating call on his cell phone,

officers on patrol in Roxbury area were approached by a concerned citizen, who reported that bird, named Swbank, h escaped from zoo, Boston police said in a statement.

“ditional officers arrived at scene and were met by an extremely large, slightly intimidating, and quite beautiful, male peacock,” police said.

One of officers began to look up a peacock mating call on his cellphone. When he played it, 6-year-old bird was lured into secure area and remained re until Boston Animal Control and zoo officials arrived.

Swbank was n returned to zoo and is reported to be doing well, according to zoo officials.

rmally, peacocks at zoo are free-roaming but officials believe its possible that Swbank was on a mission when he me his escape.

“It is currently mating season, and it’s possible he ventured out looking for love, in search of a peahen,” a female peacock, zoo officials said.