06-04-2018, 04:28 PM
This is a very strange story. There have been pea fowl running wild on Vancouver Island for many years. I can't find anything about where they come from.
They move around and the flock in Surry BC has been there for 10 years. Some people love them and some people hate them.
Many of the flock roosted in a large pine tree on someone's property. The man cut the tree down and the birds don't know where to go. He has been fined for illegally cutting down a tree.
Whether the car attacks are linked to the tree cutting is hard to say. Right now the males have been attacking their reflections in the shiny cars. They can do a lot of expensive damage. People are not happy and neither are the birds.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4249962/surrey-peacocks/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/feral-peac...-1.3957446
One thought that comes to mind is get the cars dirty so the birds can't see their reflections. It is a short term solution, but it will help for now.
Maybe the birds need to be relocated. A proper roosting place could be set up in a local park or they could all be moved to the grounds of some sanctuary or place that has extensive grounds. Instead of being angry or culling the birds, they should find a reasonable and humane solution. The birds have roamed freely on Vancouver Island for a long time. I saw them there about 30 years ago. There may be a problem now because there are more birds and there are more people.
Maybe they should give up their fancy cars for bicycles. The birds don't attack bicycles.
They move around and the flock in Surry BC has been there for 10 years. Some people love them and some people hate them.
Many of the flock roosted in a large pine tree on someone's property. The man cut the tree down and the birds don't know where to go. He has been fined for illegally cutting down a tree.
Whether the car attacks are linked to the tree cutting is hard to say. Right now the males have been attacking their reflections in the shiny cars. They can do a lot of expensive damage. People are not happy and neither are the birds.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4249962/surrey-peacocks/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/feral-peac...-1.3957446
One thought that comes to mind is get the cars dirty so the birds can't see their reflections. It is a short term solution, but it will help for now.
Maybe the birds need to be relocated. A proper roosting place could be set up in a local park or they could all be moved to the grounds of some sanctuary or place that has extensive grounds. Instead of being angry or culling the birds, they should find a reasonable and humane solution. The birds have roamed freely on Vancouver Island for a long time. I saw them there about 30 years ago. There may be a problem now because there are more birds and there are more people.
Maybe they should give up their fancy cars for bicycles. The birds don't attack bicycles.
Catherine