Roaming peacocks plague California city: ‘They’re a nuisance, but they’re beautiful’

Multiplying birds have become an issue in the city of Tracy, wailing loudly and unleashing poop like soft serve'. Now residents want to relocate them

Dozens of feral peacocks and peahens are roaming the streets and leaping from the rooftops of Tracy, California. They claw at shingles and defecate on porches. Their calls, especially in mating season, echo through the community. They have no fear of pets nor people.

Errant peafowl have milled around the city's Redbridge neighborhood for years - some believe they originally came from a now-defunct nearby dairy farm - but the numbers have increased as the birds keep multiplying. Now they're everywhere, and ruffling some residents' feathers.