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Feral peafowl have turned neighbor against neighbor in Los Angeles, where they claw up gardens, peck at car fenders, and belt out their songs at all hours. Is a more harmonious coexistence possible?
An agent of unmitigated chaos. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images Congrats to the feral peafowl of Southern California, who have laid siege to Los Angeles County and have zero plans to leave anytime soon. Deal with it, the peafowl seem to scream at the rising sun each morning! Humans, who brought the peacocks to the area to begin with, will simply have to lie in the bed they made — awake, for hours, as the birds are very loud. “They wake me up at dawn. They sound like babies being tortured through a microphone, a very large microphone,” Kathleen Tuttle, a r...
June 10, 2021 THE WASHINGTON POST – Southern California faces innumerable challenges, from wildfires to homelessness to drought. And then there are the peacocks, which have flourished during the pandemic as efforts to relocate them were delayed and people were stuck at home listening to the birds’ earsplitting shrieks. The feral fowl, descendants of a small population imported by a wealthy entrepreneur in the late 19 th Century, roam free by the hundreds in Pasadena and other towns in the San Gabriel Valley northeast of Los Angeles. They often travel in packs, standing in yards, landing o...
Los Angeles County prepares to crack down as peacocks - yes, peacocks - ruffle feathers Erica Werner, The Washington Post June 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PASADENA, Calif. - Southern California faces innumerable challenges, from wildfires to homelessness to drought. And then there are the peacocks, which have flourished during the pandemic as efforts to relocate them were delayed and people were stuck at home listening to the birds' earsplitting shrieks. The feral fowl, descendants of a small population imported by a wealthy entrepreneur in the late 19th century, roam free by the hundreds i...
Their raucous mating cries awaken residents, they gobble up gardens and males peck violently at cars mistaking their reflection for a romantic rival.