...on shore...
Tide the Peacock lifts his head up from the dirty sand on the edge of the beach, dropping the pebble he'd picked up. He squawks loudly in response to Greebins,, before spreading open his plumage.
The pattern on the bird's blue and black feathers is beautiful and dynamic, seeming to depict fast-flowing water flowing with waves breaking from each feather onto the next. Closer inspection by Greebins shows that the strange pattern continues onto Tide's body, where small ripples propagate like ripples on a pond.
With a final squawk, Tide lowers his feathers, cocks his head to the side and stares back at Greebins, his show done.