During mating season, peafowl can make more noise than usual, as males call out to attract females, and may also be more aggressive and territorial.
A peacock residing in San Antonio, like the one in this Animal Care Services photo, is being relocated to a wildlife sanctuary.fire-breathing dragonOn Thursday night, a peacock pecked two children, Animal Care Services officials confirmed. The peacock had been living in the"It is mating season and that may have contributed to the animal pecking two children," Lisa Norwood, public information officer for ACS, wrote in an email.
Peafowl mating season lasts from early spring to early summer and is the period when male peacock's train feathers come in. During mating season, peafowl can make more noise than usual, as males call out to attract females. Peafowl may also be more aggressive and territorial during this time. The peacock was safely trapped by ACS crews over the weekend, after living in the Alamo Heights neighborhood and occasionally finding his way to the Botanical Garden. The peacock is being relocated to a wildlife sanctuary, Norwood added.
"People should just allow these birds and other wildlife be," Norwood wrote."Feeding peacocks, while not illegal, is highly discouraged. Generally, people do not feed these animals the proper diet, nor can they provide the environment and socialization the birds require." Peacocks require a very specific diet and forage, Norwood noted. Those diets include plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, insects, reptiles and amphibians, according toOn display at Botanical Garden:
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