There was an article in one of our local papers this morning about peacocks, and how they are disturbing a neighbourhood. Some of the locals complained about their noise, and their habit of going to the bathroom on the sidewalk, driveways, and roofs of their homes.

I was totally fascinated. Particularly because the neighbourhood is within walking distance of our house! That’s right! Peacocks wandering around Surrey! I found it very hard to believe, but the paper pointed out that a peacock is basically a pheasant, and there was no reason they couldn’t survive in the wild here in the Lower Mainland.

Well, Pam and I just had to go check it out! And holy cow! As we wandered around, there they were, sunning themselves in the front yard of a house. But there are a LOT of these birds! And they are BIG. Some up to thirty pounds!

The article said there were fifteen, although they said that some people had reported that there might be as many as thirty. Well, I can confirm there are OVER thirty. I counted 28, in two yards, and another five perched on a fence.

It was really remarkable. They had very little fear of me, allowing me to get within a couple feet of them, before merely moving off at a very slow rate.

Very very cool. Truly a remarkable thing…. it will definitely be part of my strolls in the future! We had Max with us, but we kept him back, because he really wanted to go after them! He loves to chase birds!