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A beautiful India Blue Peacock has been at our home for 2 days. We've been unable to find his owner. (We'd like to keep him, he seems to like it here.) How far will a male wander? We don't know where he came from! We're assuming he possibly might be looking for a mate, but we're just guessing. We have free range chickens and other animals, and I thought he might have become lonely wherever he's from.
Thanks for any information you can provide.
Sharon
Domestic peacocks can wander for miles, whether they are looking for a mate or food. You can certainly feed him but if you keep him restrained in a cage or elsewhere, you are most likely keeping someone else's property. If he hangs around of his own accord because are nice to him, that's fine.
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Roger Lederer
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Any and all about WILD birds - the science of ornithology. Information about birdwatching, ecology, conservation, migration, behavior, banding, rehabilitation, feeding, songs, binoculars, identification, and careers in ornithology. No questions about pet or caged birds, please.
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Have a PhD and over forty years as a professional ornithologist - research, teaching, author, speaker, webmaster of Ornithology.com . Have written thirty scientific papers, three bird field guides, a textbook in ecology and two recent books entitled "Amazing Birds" and "Birds of New England". Have traveled to over 90 countries watching birds.
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PhD in Zoology/Ornithology; Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences; former Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico
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