>Do you have many Noisy Miners in your yard? From my experience in various
>houses in southern Sydney, if Noisy Miners were present, the smallest bird
>was about Magpie-lark (the odd Sparrow and passing Honeyeater or
>Pardalote).
>Other houses had stacks of Indian Mynas but no Noisy Miners, and had the
>full range of bird sizes from Mistletoebird up to Pelican.
>I am still sceptical on all the fuss about Indian Mynas.
>Cheers,
>Peter
Hi Peter,
Yes, we do get Noisy Miners from time to time as well as Red Wattlebirds, so
these may well be the cause of lost small birds.
One culprit for the decline of sparrows in this area I have not seen
mentioned is the Laughing Kookaburra. Recently a group of sparrows had
nested in a large palm tree at the local high school. A pair of Kookaburras
was seen sitting on the telephone wires opposite each morning. Each would
then swoop across the road into the palm and return with a chick in its
bill.
Regards, Mike Simpson
Penrith, NSW, Australia
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