The origins of the town's birds is a mystery, although some believe they came from the menagerie of old-time film star Victor McLaglen, who had a home in the area. Peafowl are not native to Southern California but are able to thrive here because there are plenty of nonnative plants to eat, said Mike Maxcy, the Los Angeles Zoo's principal animal keeper. "They've always lived here, and they've adapted to this place." Yana Ungermann Marshall, 58, remembers them from her childhood, when the town was a rural community of sprawling estates. Not everyone wants to see any of the birds go. The others will be trapped and moved elsewhere. Responding to such complaints, the City Council last month agreed to reduce the flock from about 40 birds to 14, the minimum deemed necessary for the population to sustain itself. They leave their fecal matter all over our yard," said Phelan, 42. That doesn't mollify residents like Lisa Phelan, who says a mother hen and her flock took up residence in her yard last year and used her patio table as a toilet. What's more, they argue, the birds were here decades before the 20,000 people in the town, incorporated in 1976 at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Damian Dovarganes/AP Show More Show Less Responding to their complaints, the city agreed to thin its peafowl flock from about 40 birds to 14, the minimum deemed necessary for the population to sustain itself. The feathers are flying in this well-to-do suburb where many residents have grown tired of sharing the roost with a flock of peacocks they say squawk loudly, attack their cars and use their patios and yards as restrooms. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Damian Dovarganes/AP Show More Show Less 2 of3 Scott Phelan and his daughters, Kelly, 8, left, and Cassey, 7, right, play with peacock feathers collected over twelve years in their yard, in their home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 1 of3 Peacocks are seen in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec.
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