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She laid 6 eggs in the alcove beside our front living room slider. This was about 30 days ago. They hatched yesterday and today.
 
KillerFord1977 said:
Those be loud birds !!🙂
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And 'those be nasty birds too !! We had 2 wild peafowl groups that traveled all around our neighborhood for years. And each year they grew by several birds. In fact in one group we had a perfectly silvery-white cock, and another year in the other we had a perfectly silvery-white hen. Both groups would typically have at least one white chick each year, but they rarely lasted more than a week or two. Cats, some dogs, hawks, snakes, etc will prey on them and the white ones are so hard to hide/camouflage. But all who do survive will actually fight with their own reflection in your car/truck's paint, or especially any chrome on the vehicle. They'll also jump up on your vehicles from time to time and crap on it, leaving a pile about the size of a baseball. They'll also get up on your roof and scratch the gravel out of your roof shingles.

Oh yeh, I just remembered. Some of those we lost were not due to hawks, cats, etc, I'm pretty sure a few died from 'lead' poisoning.
 
Peacocks or Peafowl in general are protected birds because they are an endangered species.

Unlike most (95% of protected wildlife) can’t be harassed or relocated however most states allow homeowners to attempt to relocate Peafowl nests away from private property.

It is illegal to kill them.

I started a new job recently and had to spend 2 days at the corporate training center, employees that worked there were allowed to bring their dogs to work, on the second day as I sat in my truck in the parking lot I saw a husky run across the road and start chasing a group of Canadian Geese.
Since CG are migratory birds they are federally protected and it is illegal to harass or kill them.
The owner then appeared, called the dog and leashed it. Since I didn’t see the owner let the dog loose on purpose I couldn’t say anything but he knew I saw what happened.
Before class started I was talking to the building receptionist about what I saw, she knew the dog and owner and said she would talk to her boss. Just before lunch the CEO of the company showed up at class to talk with me, I told him what I saw and although there was no harm done to the birds the owner needs to be informed that harassment of protected wildlife comes with hefty fines.
 
Keystone19250 said:
Peacocks or Peafowl in general are protected birds because they are an endangered species.
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Well then, It's lucky I never knew for sure about that lead poisoning ... huh? I only overheard some folks down at the local watering hole talking about how mad they would be if those nasty azz birds got up on the hood of their new truck and scratched the heck out of it while fighting their own reflections in the windshield. I didn't pay a lot of attention to them anyway.

But to be perfectly honest, I've always kind of wondered what they might taste like. ;) jj
 
jumpinjoe said:
Well then, It's lucky I never knew for sure about that lead poisoning ... huh? I only overheard some folks down at the local watering hole talking about how mad they would be if those nasty azz birds got up on the hood of their new truck and scratched the heck out of it while fighting their own reflections in the windshield. I didn't pay a lot of attention to them anyway.

But to be perfectly honest, I've always kind of wondered what they might taste like. ;) jj
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A high majority of wildlife conservation companies have propane canons that can be set up to help nuisance wildlife to move to other non populated areas.
What people don’t understand is for many species of birds they return to certain areas to build nests and raise their young that for centuries were not occupied by humans, wildlife was around long before humans were.
People say that wildlife is encroaching on private property when in fact humans of been encroaching on their land.
 
Keystone19250 said:
A high majority of wildlife conservation companies have propane canons that can be set up to help nuisance wildlife to move to other non populated areas.
What people don’t understand is for many species of birds they return to certain areas to build nests and raise their young that for centuries were not occupied by humans, wildlife was around long before humans were.
People say that wildlife is encroaching on private property when in fact humans of been encroaching on their land.
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Truthfully Keystone, being the hard core conservationist I am, and have been for many, many years, I don't disagree with anything you've written here. In fact in the past I've actually written of my respect for your work, I'm sure you remember that.

However, there is a real difference between native species and non-native/invasive species. I'll give a wide berth, and often show a lot of respect for those who protect our wildlife. But there are times when some go way overboard in their zealousness for one subject. Peafowl is one of those non-natives that are good for absolutely nothing but looking pretty. In my mind, no non-native species should be afforded similar protections as native ones and should be culled to the maximum.

A good example is the feral pigs across the entire country where they're considered wildlife on a management area, but by simply crossing to the other side of the fence they become livestock. Another is peafowl. There are still people who complain when I take on a job to cull for a local farmer/rancher. They just don't get the reality. But there are also some in the conversation who will agree with the practice and I'll get an attaboy like "Ya' done good son, ya' done real good! jj
 
jumpinjoe said:
Truthfully Keystone, being the hard core conservationist I am, and have been for many, many years, I don't disagree with anything you've written here. In fact in the past I've actually written of my respect for your work, I'm sure you remember that.

However, there is a real difference between native species and non-native/invasive species. I'll give a wide berth, and often show a lot of respect for those who protect our wildlife. But there are times when some go way overboard in their zealousness for one subject. Peafowl is one of those non-natives that are good for absolutely nothing but looking pretty. In my mind, no non-native species should be afforded similar protections as native ones and should be culled to the maximum.

A good example is the feral pigs across the entire country where they're considered wildlife on a management area, but by simply crossing to the other side of the fence they become livestock. Another is peafowl. There are still people who complain when I take on a job to cull for a local farmer/rancher. They just don't get the reality. But there are also some in the conversation who will agree with the practice and I'll get an attaboy like "Ya' done good son, ya' done real good! jj
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Add to that list Nutria, pythons, anacondas.
 
Keystone19250 said:
Peacocks or Peafowl in general are protected birds because they are an endangered species.

Unlike most (95% of protected wildlife) can’t be harassed or relocated however most states allow homeowners to attempt to relocate Peafowl nests away from private property.

It is illegal to kill them.

I started a new job recently and had to spend 2 days at the corporate training center, employees that worked there were allowed to bring their dogs to work, on the second day as I sat in my truck in the parking lot I saw a husky run across the road and start chasing a group of Canadian Geese.
Since CG are migratory birds they are federally protected and it is illegal to harass or kill them.
The owner then appeared, called the dog and leashed it. Since I didn’t see the owner let the dog loose on purpose I couldn’t say anything but he knew I saw what happened.
Before class started I was talking to the building receptionist about what I saw, she knew the dog and owner and said she would talk to her boss. Just before lunch the CEO of the company showed up at class to talk with me, I told him what I saw and although there was no harm done to the birds the owner needs to be informed that harassment of protected wildlife comes with hefty fines.
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I don’t see anything from USFWS that peafowl are endangered except for Palawan peacock-pheasant. Although listed range for that is the Philippines.

I understand in certain other countries the Specific species of peacocks are listed but that doesn’t necessarily means it’s awarded protections here as I understood it. Unless you pulled this from a state list. I was curious as to where you got the endangered part?
 
PacNWvike said:
I don’t see anything from USFWS that peafowl are endangered except for Palawan peacock-pheasant. Although listed range for that is the Philippines.

I understand in certain other countries the Specific species of peacocks are listed but that doesn’t necessarily means it’s awarded protections here as I understood it. Unless you pulled this from a state list. I was curious as to where you got the endangered part?
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Being federally licensed to perform Raptor Rescue I have access to a complete database.
 
jumpinjoe said:
Truthfully Keystone, being the hard core conservationist I am, and have been for many, many years, I don't disagree with anything you've written here. In fact in the past I've actually written of my respect for your work, I'm sure you remember that.

However, there is a real difference between native species and non-native/invasive species. I'll give a wide berth, and often show a lot of respect for those who protect our wildlife. But there are times when some go way overboard in their zealousness for one subject. Peafowl is one of those non-natives that are good for absolutely nothing but looking pretty. In my mind, no non-native species should be afforded similar protections as native ones and should be culled to the maximum.

A good example is the feral pigs across the entire country where they're considered wildlife on a management area, but by simply crossing to the other side of the fence they become livestock. Another is peafowl. There are still people who complain when I take on a job to cull for a local farmer/rancher. They just don't get the reality. But there are also some in the conversation who will agree with the practice and I'll get an attaboy like "Ya' done good son, ya' done real good! jj
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Feral Pigs are not on the endangered species list because they breed quickly and in high numbers and for now not considered a migratory species.
And yes there are species on the endangered species list that are not native but because there numbers are declining.
 
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