Hit the road, peacocks.

An ostentation of peacocks mills about at an intersection in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. (AP)
These birds wreak havoc on the Miami neighborhood and will be relocated. The city agreed with residents that the birds are pests. (AP)
Even with its tail closed, a male peacock is impressive and brightly colored.
In order to impress the other birds, a peacock fans its tail out to its full length.
Up close, the peacock feathers have a pattern that looks like many eyes.

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Peacocks are taking over the streets. The big birds strut around. They screech and squawk. Some scratch cars and scramble through gardens.

Neighbors are fed up! “Pack your bags, peacocks. Leave our neighborhood alone,” they say.

READ MORE: A Miami, Florida, neighborhood is overrun by a huge ostentation [os-ten-tay-shun], or flock, of peacocks. The big birds are beautiful. But they are troublemakers. They are loud and obnoxious. Neighbors asked city leaders to solve the peacock problem. Some birds will be moved to a better place. They will be safe and happy. The neighbors will be too! In Bible times, peacocks were valuable. We learn in 1 Kings 10:22 that, “Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.”