Palos Verdes wild peacocks?
11/18/07 08:08 AM Filed in: birds
PV is cute area of the South Bay on a
big hill overlooking the ocean & downtown, about 10
mins north of Redondo Beach, pretty much down the
street from us. The houses up there are amazing
Spanish-style terracotta roofed estates with lush trees
and plants and wildlife. It's not the Sierras of
course, but it's a nice slice of fresh air and greenery
and lawn space in an otherwise very crowded, urban
desert per-se. The only downer of course is that you
pay big bucks for greenery out here. The houses start
in the low millions and go way up from there. Not
exactly something we can look forward to having one
day, lol!
Anywho, in Palos Verdes there is a local species of Peacock that is protected by the community. Driving through the neighborhood, we spotted 5 males, 1 female and heard the enchanting, loud shrieking of many others surrounding us; it was freaking cool. They just perch themselves in a random driveway, or front yard fence, or roof, ect and just hang out in this neighborhood and do their peacock thing! As we were scoping out a male in his gorgeous spring plumage one of the local residents came up to our Jeep and started telling us about a peacock 2 driveways down that had 5 chicks and how excited the neighbors are to see those baby birds It's just cool that nestled in a neighborhood 10 mins away are wild peacocks. I love when LA feels less urban than it really is!
When we came home we did some research and found a website dedicated to the Peafowl of PV, called Friends of the Peacock.
As of 2001, there were two main tribes spread out around PV, with a total population of 119.
Anywho, in Palos Verdes there is a local species of Peacock that is protected by the community. Driving through the neighborhood, we spotted 5 males, 1 female and heard the enchanting, loud shrieking of many others surrounding us; it was freaking cool. They just perch themselves in a random driveway, or front yard fence, or roof, ect and just hang out in this neighborhood and do their peacock thing! As we were scoping out a male in his gorgeous spring plumage one of the local residents came up to our Jeep and started telling us about a peacock 2 driveways down that had 5 chicks and how excited the neighbors are to see those baby birds It's just cool that nestled in a neighborhood 10 mins away are wild peacocks. I love when LA feels less urban than it really is!
When we came home we did some research and found a website dedicated to the Peafowl of PV, called Friends of the Peacock.
As of 2001, there were two main tribes spread out around PV, with a total population of 119.