Rolling Hills Estates on the Palos Verdes peninsula in Los Angeles County has a lot of peacocks. They’re beautiful birds, but there’s a price to pay for such strange wildlife. From the vimeo description:
Peafowl first came to the Palos Verdes Peninsula almost a century ago when Palos Verdes founder Frank Vanderlip received 12 birds as a gift. Now, there are hundreds. The birds roam streets and roofs in the city of Rolling Hills Estates. Some residents love the peafowl and some wish the city would take more control.Peacocks are wonderful in small doses. I recall peacocks in my neighborhood when I was a child -they mainly stayed behind the wrought iron fence of their owner’s home, where we could see them but did not have to deal with peacock poop or birds in the street. (via The Atlantic)
I used to live in Rancho Palos Verdes, next door to Rolling Hills Estates. One day three juvenile peacocks came up our street. My neighbor from Japan was thrilled, but I was worried that they would stay. Their call sounds like a child in agony, and they poop prodigiously--they are, after all , very large birds. Fortunately, they didn't stay.
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