Fwd: Digest Number 1271, peacocks

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Hope this is of some hope. Janet works for the Wildlife Center of

Silicon Valley.

Judy Jones

 

 

 

> " Janet Alexander " <hummingbirds

> Mon May 2, 2005 4:56:21 PM US/Pacific

> " Judy Jones " <isadoraduncan

> Re: Digest Number 1271, peacocks

>

> Hi Judy,

>  

> I have a friend in the Santa Cruz mountains that rescues peacocks. 

> His name is Bill Signarowitz.  His number is 408.353.4990 or cell

> 408.832.6693.  They can tell Bill it was me that gave out his number.

>  

> Or there is another guy, Doug Winslow, who lives up on Skyline,

> who might help.  He has all sorts of exotic animals he cares for up

> there-- including, I think, peacocks.  His number is 980.7898.

>  

> I don't really know what else to tell them, I've never heard of

> peacocks causing damage, they usually make more noise than people want

> to hear but the pecking is strange, I think.

>  

>  

>

> -

> Judy Jones

> Janet Alexander

> Monday, May 02, 2005 3:21 PM

> Fwd: Digest Number 1271, peacocks

>

> Hi Janet

> Do you have any ideas for this peacock.

> Judy

>

>

>

> > " Bruce Cannon " <bc

> > Sat Apr 30, 2005  2:48:28 PM US/Pacific

> >

> > RE: Digest Number 1271

> > <bc

> >

> > If it doesn't have a home, I think the most humane way to remove it

> > would be

> > to have some no kill agency give it a home rather than drive it

> > elswhere.

> > Personally I would love to have such a problem: I know they're noisy

> > but I

> > love those birds.  My experience with them is they aren't destructive

> > like

> > that.  My guess is that if it pecks at windows and screens, someone

> > used to

> > feed it through a window.

> >

> > I don't think I understand the relationship between the neighbor and

> > the

> > Humane Society though; the Humane Society would come and get it (and

> > then do

> > what with it?) but neighbor thinks the bird is scenic so objects to

> > having

> > it removed?  Yet it messes up your friend's property, not the

> > neighbor's?

> > If this is the case who cares what the neighbor thinks?  But on the

> > other

> > hand, one good possibility is getting the neighbor who likes the bird

> > to

> > feed it from his window, and your friend continue to badger and shoo

> > it.

> > After a while it will undoubtedly shift its attentions permanently to

> > the

> > neighbor.

> >

> > --Bruce

> >

> >

> >>

> >>

> >> On Behalf Of Syndee Collison

> >> Friday, April 29, 2005 5:11 PM

> >>

> >> Re: Digest Number 1271

> >>

> >> Hello Everybody,

> >>

> >> I have a question. A friend of mine has a peacock problem. He

> >> just built a house and has been showing the property. A

> >> peacock has chosen to take up residence despite his attempts

> >> at detering him, i.e. yelling, water hose, throwing things...etc.

> >>

> >> This peacock is extremely destructive and very loud. He has

> >> ruined every screen and has even broken a window. Go figure, ay?

> >>

> >> He would have it removed from the property, via The Humane

> >> Society, but his neighbor has taken a liking to him. For

> >> whatever reason, the peacock has not chosen his house to

> >> destroy. Perhaps because he's there a lot more often than my friend.

> >>

> >> Nonetheless, he's interested in a humane approach to

> >> resolving this issue.

> >> Any suggestions?

> >>

> >> Syndee Collison

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>