A Peacock-infested neighborhood

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http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625 ... e-21820036

You might wanna turn your volume down for this one.

What's wrong with peacocks? They are such beautiful birds.

Such an elegant bird with a beautiful song. Lovely!

Hey, human neighbours - - be respectful & quit whining. Humans, you all can move out if you don't like the peacocks.

On a personal note, I've lived amongst turkeys (domestic) and I love them all. I never tire of hearing birds. Where I was from there were plenty of Sandhill Cranes and loved to hear them call.

What if they all decide to drop turd at the same time?

ruveyn

^^Yaye happies raisedbyignorance. I do believe that two lovely peacock enjoy living very near to my happy house when I was very young and enjoyed creating magical noises also. I do hope they enjoyed happy lives as I departed from this house when I was approximately ten years of age.

They're nicer looking than pigeons.

One problem with peacocks is that they make a noise just like a young lady screaming in terror, but they do look very lovely.

There are lots of peacocks running around here in South Florida too. I heard one at my uncle's memorial a few months ago. I think they're the most beautiful birds in the world and it's always a treat to see a male one with it's tailfeathers displayed.



My only major concern with something like this is any negative impacts they might have on native wildlife.


I can't say I feel too sorry for the rich people in California who are complaining about this. If an infestation of harmless peacocks is their biggest problem in life, they are very blessed indeed.

Or like a young child screaming in terror. Not good for the nerves to hear that in distance every 10 minutes at sunset all summer. Argh.

There were some neighbors down the road from me that had a pair for many years. One time they got loose and ended up in my front yard. A neighbor and I tried to sneak up and grab them, but we were out-maneuvered (out-smarted?). I remember looking at one, dragging it's 6-foot long drape of feathers thinking, "how hard could it be to grab it?"

Well, when I got about 2 feet away it starts running and flapping until all I can see is a mass of purple feathers in my face, and then the next thing I know it's on my roof. Peacocks can fly. Only about as well as chickens, but I wasn't expecting that at all. I imagined it looking from the roof thinking, "you should've paid more attention in 6th grade."

Anyway, they eventually they both went home on their own.

Beautiful birds, though, yeah.

That's actually not that far from me, in fact I've often driven through that peninsula. I haven't seen a peacock yet, probably because it was midday. Still, I can see why those birds can be annoying, as they often make loud noises around dawn, when most people are still trying to sleep. They are beautiful, especially when they show off their tails.

This reminds me of a court case where a hero of mine (Lord Denning) was one of the judges. He pointed out in Miller vs Jackson, Lord Denning pointed out that the person's who brought the case moved to a house which was next to a sports pitch where the local men played cricket.

I hold a view that 'the plaintiff "came to a nuisance" by moving onto land next to an already operating source of interference' should be viewed by a court as a good defense against a nuisance action. I saw that if the peacocks lived near the house before and when you bought it (or moved to it) then you should not complain. So I would go further than Lord Denning did in the cricket ball case.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_v_Jackson

^ wooow

On another note, I just read that young/baby peacocks are called "peachicks."

And that young porcupines are called "porcupettes."

http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/baby-animal-names.html

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The peacall reminds me of being at the Toronto Zoo. Very tropical.

I suppose if it woke me at the crack of dawn I would be somewhat perturbed. Have these birds no natural enemies?

Where I live there are flocks of crows that make cawcalls at all hours. Very cheeky birds.

I like to make peacock feather pens....where are they so I can gather some dropped feathers????

but as far as infestations go...any infestation is bothersome for humans. At a very primal level, we fear being out-numbered by another species no matter how benign they are.

I used to travel through Stanley Park in Vancouver to visit my grandfather in the 1970's. There used to be peacocks that lived near Lost Lagoon. Hearing the peacocks call brought such nice memories of this. I actually turned the volume UP.