Peafowl & Pheasant

Hi Bob Yes, the peafowl were self sustaining until about 3 years ago when most were culled. There appears to be one male, possibly two, left. These may or may not be original birds as for a short period no birds could be found (and they aren’t that hard to see as a rule). 2003 was well prior to the cull though. I think the cull had more to do with them becoming a nuisance around the settlement than anything but may be wrong Common Pheasant population seems to be going strong still John Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Dec 2013, at 9:12 pm, “Bob Dawson” <bobadawson@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Folks > > There was some discussion recently about some introduced species and whether they were considered tickable or not. > > It got me thinking about a sighting of Peafowl on Rottnest Island in August 2003. > > I believe at one stage there was a self sustaining population there. Then some time ago all the females were removed to stop them from breeding. Does anyone know whether this is correct and when the females were removed? > > I also noted seeing Common Pheasant there. Can anyone give me any info regarding there population there please? > > Cheers > > Bob > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================