THEY’RE big and beautiful but residents of Baronga Ave, Avoca Beach, can’t stand them.
About a dozen peacocks and peahens are roaming the street, invading gardens and leaving their large droppings behind.
Some have even attacked cars.
It’s also mating season and with several dominant males in the pack, nightime is noisy with males calling out to females.
“It started out with two or three birds about eight years ago,” resident Don Cook said.
Mr Cook said residents initially thought it was great to have the birds in the street, but not so now.
“Even if they lay two eggs each, we’ll have more than 20 next year,” Mr Cook said.
Not only are they messy, noisy and destroying gardens, the males will often fight each other and attack cars if they see their reflections, mistaking it for a rival bird and resulting in damaged duco.
Mr Cook said residents would have to learn to live with the peacocks because there was absolutely nothing authorities could do about the growing population.
“We have rung the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the council and even the RSPCA, but none of them can do anything about them,” Mr Cook said.
“I am a big softie and couldn’t hurt them, none of us could, but please if anyone wants them come and get them.
“I really don’t know what we can do about them - they are beautiful but they really are a pest.”
