Benj - Each evening they roost
in street trees in Brockman St, quite a short street - opposite nos 26-32. These
days they assemble about 5-15 – 5-45pm. They leave at daybreak. Apparently,
from reports, following a beat that takes them over Carnegie and along Finniss,
down Sprent etc. They mainly move by flying from roof to roof and through
backyards, apparently having learnt which ones offer food and which ones have
dogs. G
From: Whitworth, Benjamin - BRS
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Sent: Friday, 22 August 2008 7:13 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] RE: peacocks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
where are these birds exactly?
From: Geoffrey
Dabb [
Sent: Monday, 4 August 2008 10:45 AM
To: 'Elizabeth Compston'
Cc:
Subject: [canberrabirds] RE: peacocks
What will happen to them, Elizabeth? Well, first an
update: although the whole gang does not appear every day, last evening
at pre-roosting time all 12 were present, so there have been no losses.
They usually range widely during the day, occasional distant honks signalling
that they have been disturbed by a dog or an aggrieved gardener. (They like to
eat flowers and seedlings.)
The single advanced male now has its seasonal train about
2/3 grown. The 2 apparent breeding-age females will quite likely produce more
young this year. If there is not a determined campaign to remove them, I
suppose members of the expanding flock will colonise other areas. As they
fly well from an early age they could turn up some distance away. Apart from
being a nuisance to the Canberra Gardener, the noise they make is
unpleasant to some people. As Delacour says, "Their voice
unfortunately is not up to their plumage; the harsh resounding Hé-on
of the Peacock is a challenge and a love call, to which other unpleasant sounds
are added”.
Delacour also says “It is popularly believed that
Peafowls associate with Tigers and Leopards and it is true that they are often
found in the same localities with these large cats, but the nature of the
association is not clear”. However, despite keeping an eye peeled
while walking the dogs, I have not so far seen, in this neighbourhood, as much
as an Ocelot, or even a Serval-cross. I think the Peafowls keep them
away.
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From: Elizabeth Compston [
Sent: Sunday, 3 August 2008 7:49 PM
To: Dabb Geoffrey
Subject: peacocks
Come on, Geoffrey, what is going to happen to those
peacocks?
Elizabeth
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