RFI: Common Myna distribution, SEQ

["The Dam Lamb Service Clan" <>]

Lawrie,
             I think you were on the wrong roads!! The flying cane toad is
well established now on the Sunshine Coast, but not yet in plague
proportions. I see them daily in small numbers at Landsborough and at
Beerwah, both railway/corridor towns behind the coast.Others see them
regularly at other towns, incl. Nambour.
            As Roy S. mentioned , the shires of Caloundra, Maroochy, and I
think Noosa and Caboolture are investigating ways of controlling their
spread.A public meeting last year at Maleny attracted around 100 people
(mostly non-birders, but environmentally aware) to discuss the spread.
           Fauna Watch, a local Sunshine Coast volunteer-based surveying
group is currently receiving regular data to monitor their spread.If Keith
H., Valda McL, or Jill C. are on birding-aus they may have more info.
          I've not yet seen them up on the Blackall Range (the mountain
range behind the Sunshine Coast) but they have (apparantly) been reported.

         Russ Lamb,Maleny,SEQ