1 Beavers, Esther
From:Manu Singh
Sent:Friday, August 25, 2023 11:11 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject:Peafowl population
Hello. I am one of the residents at Hillridge Drive. I received the notice about discussions regarding future of peafowl population and the likely plan to reduce the population to 20 to 25 in coming days. As per some of the residents there were concerns about noise, property damage, and feeding concerns.I have lived here for only 2 years so far but I have loved every second of it. Ofcourse the streets are very quiet with minimum noise from the traffic and people are very friendly but another reason is the pleasant environment and sight brought to the area by the peafowl. These beautiful creatures are very human friendly here i have discovered. Of course they make some noise here and there but that is not bothersome at all. I think having a house adjacent to a busy traffic street or an airport or a railway line is much more inconvenient than this. So far peacocks have not done any significant property damage. I ofcorse had to put a little fence in backyard to protect my vegetable garden but these kind of adjustments are nothing compared to the advantages of having them. Think of restrictions imposed by all these different HOA in all these properties around.
I believe our neighborhood is famous due to the Dunnell park and the people come to the park with their children sometimes just to see peacocks and spend time with them. I have seen people not from our area stopping just to take pictures of these friendly and amazingly beautiful creatures. The sights are lovely when a peahen is roaming with her little babies around. I believe having peafowl makes our area distinguished. If you go to neighborhood app everyone is sharing thoughts of keeping peacocks in the area. Now if one or two overly sensitive people have complained authorities should listen to the majority instead who want peacocks to stay here.
Therefore removing these altogether will be a very bad and sad idea. Dunnel park is around 5 acres area. For any bird with the size of a peacock, around 100 to 200 square foot area per bird should be considered very very roomy. Therefore I believe having around 100 birds in the area should not be a disturbing deal. In my two years I only saw one peacock dead on the road by a vehicular accident. Much less than humans. But if there is a proposal to reduce the population I believe it should not go below 50 as per my math and thinking.
I have been to few other places in other countries but peafowl in general are very shy and do not like to come near humans. But over here they are exceptionally friendly. It might be due to years of them living very closely with people here and developing some kind of bond. I bet peafowl loves being here with us. Also to add we should never forget the advantages they bring to us just by living amongst us. Peafowl are great for pest control and are amazing foragers. When they roam, they eat an enormous amount of ticks, termites, spiders, locusts, and other insect pests. They also eat snakes and mice, or at least discourage them from hanging around. I have not seen any snakes around so far and it is a great advantage for us.
I hope this letter of mine will help you make an appropriate decision going further. I believe if any harsh changes are brought it will not only negatively impact us but will also harm the peafowl who are considered loud but have no voice in this.
Thank you.
Manu Singh
2044 Hillridge drive
Fairfield, Ca
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