Casselberry residents divided over peacocks as city revisits bird sanctuary rules

Some Lost Lake neighbors say the birds are noisy and damaging property. Others say the peacocks are part of the neighborhood and should be left alone.Casselberry leaders are set to discuss the city’s peacocks at a special meeting Monday, as residents in the Lost Lake neighborhood remain divided over what should happen to the birds.Some neighbors say peacocks leave droppings, make noise and damage property. Others enjoy seeing them and want the birds to remain protected.“About six of them got up on there, and they’re heavy,” said Workman, a 90-year-old Lost Lake resident, describing peacocks on his pool enclosure. He said the birds tore down part of the screen about 10 years ago.Workman said the peacocks have been in the area since before he moved there in 2000. He recalled trying to chase the birds away with a hose and said they can be loud.But not every neighbor sees the flock as a nuisance.Mark, a Lost Lake resident who said he enjoys animals, said he used to see 10 or 12 peacocks pa