A Palm Bay neighborhood has been overrun with colorful, eye-catching, yet noisy and irritating peacocks.There may be more than 200 of the big birds on the street. Some residents want them trapped; others want them to stay.Pestered people in Palm Bay are never far from the powerful screech of the peacock.Along Fallon Boulevard, peacocks are everywhere. They're known for tearing up screens, fouling sidewalks and keeping people up at night: the dreaded combination of pecking, pooping and pandemonium, some say.Many people say they squawk all night long."They do make a lot of noise, and you have to get used to that," neighbor Curt Hansen said."A lot of people hate the poop, too, because they poop all over the place," neighbor Vincent Muzerino said.At least one peeved resident has called a trapper. However, some neighbors said they are fond of peacocks."A big plus, actually," a neighbor told WESH 2 News.Where do they come from? Remember, the plumage is for productivity; attracting a mate. Put a peacock and a pea-hen together, and you'll have a peafowl population explosion; a profusion of pea-chicks. Proud, prolific and pesky -- it doesn't look like the peacocks are going anywhere.

A Palm Bay neighborhood has been overrun with colorful, eye-catching, yet noisy and irritating peacocks.

There may be more than 200 of the big birds on the street.


Some residents want them trapped; others want them to stay.

Pestered people in Palm Bay are never far from the powerful screech of the peacock.

Along Fallon Boulevard, peacocks are everywhere. They're known for tearing up screens, fouling sidewalks and keeping people up at night: the dreaded combination of pecking, pooping and pandemonium, some say.

Many people say they squawk all night long.

"They do make a lot of noise, and you have to get used to that," neighbor Curt Hansen said.

"A lot of people hate the poop, too, because they poop all over the place," neighbor Vincent Muzerino said.

At least one peeved resident has called a trapper. However, some neighbors said they are fond of peacocks.

"A big plus, actually," a neighbor told WESH 2 News.

Where do they come from?

Remember, the plumage is for productivity; attracting a mate. Put a peacock and a pea-hen together, and you'll have a peafowl population explosion; a profusion of pea-chicks.

Proud, prolific and pesky -- it doesn't look like the peacocks are going anywhere.