Posted on 07/05/2021 8:00:39 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A group of residents in McKinleyville’s Azalea Heights neighborhood are up in arms over the killing of one of the most polarizing members of their community: a peacock known by most as Mr. P, or Azul, or Peony, depending on who you ask.
The multi-monikered animal was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound on Wednesday after one resident, who was irate by the bird’s frequent 5 a.m. wake-up calls, decided to put a hit out for it on Humboldt County’s Craigslist page
...the “Wanted” section on June 13, followed by instructions on where and when to find the bird. “If you’ve ever heard a peacock’s call, you know it’s as loud as a car horn [...] Please contact me so we can form a strategy to eliminate this bird, and also to agree on how much you will be compensated.”
(If you save your own address on Google Maps, the location-searching service will mark it using the same blue icon to help you navigate to your desired destination.)
When the man posted the ad, he unknowingly revealed his own location — and Glass realized he was the same neighbor who allegedly approached her and other residents previously to discuss the relocation of the bird, which resulted in an argument.
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It is nearly impossible to contain them, they will show up in your yard if they possibly can, and the noise goes on all day.
HAHAHA!! Too funny.
We live in a liberal city and visited a friend with a new husband and their country home with a small bird and rabbit enclosure.
He said a raccoon (or was it a fox?) had gotten in and killed a bunch of them. He said he used a live trap, caught it and set it loose several miles away on the other side of the river.
“You let it go!? I would have killed it.”
“Um. Well, I did. But I didn’t know how you might react to that being from the city and all.”
..and there are few places in the city or country that doesn’t have them and they don’t want more. When I trapped them, I put the cat food in a plastic butter bowl. They would shred that bowl to nothing after they were trapped. I wouldn’t want to be a 100’ around a trap when one was released.
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