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Starlings spreading in WA

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Subject: Starlings spreading in WA
From: L&L Knight <>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:45:50 +1000


http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1603406.htm

Wednesday, March 29, 2006. 10:31am (AEDT)

Starlings search finds new populations

A major effort to locate invading flocks of starlings across Western Australia's south-east has led to the discovery of new populations of the pest.

Starlings are an introduced species capable of destroying pastures and crops.

During the past week a total of 30 farms west of Jerdacuttup were searched by surveillance teams coordinated by the Department of Agriculture.

Marion Massam from the department says the birds were discovered on eight farms, about 30 kilometres further west of sites already known to contain the pests.

Mrs Massam says control measures are already in place to ensure the starlings do not spread to new areas.

"Traps have been moved into the area where this new group of birds has been found, we've managed to get radio transmitters on the backs of some of those birds and that will help us locate their mates in the flocks," she said.

"As well as that, we're going to have to do a little bit further more surveillance to the west."

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