I do appreciate your comments Susan,
Surely humanity has more of an unfortunate impact on biodiversity than the
noisy miner? One can only wonder why such an tragic event occurred in
regards to the Satin Bowerbird. I can only imagine that the noisy miner does
the best it can, as do the other birds.
Rob
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Susan Knowles <>
wrote:
> I admit to being a little surprised by Robyn Charlton's enthusiasm for
> Noisy miners. Had she seen a group of them attacking a Satin Bowerbird so
> badly that it could not be saved she might have a little less.
>
> I seems that when they move into an area, usually helped by human
> intervention/ (gardening), many other birds are either driven out or killed.
> While of course it is foolish to apply human morality to birds, surely
> their impact must be regarded as unfortunate for biodiversity.
>
>
>
> On 28/05/2008, at 10:19 AM, Robyn Charlton wrote:
>
>
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I'm currently working on a bird sampling field report for Ecology (Uni).
>> Anyway the comment has come up about Noisy miner aggression towards other
>> birds. Is it not incredibly hypocritical of us, as a species to pass
>> judgment on any other species on this planet. Are we not the worst species
>> be aggressive not only to our own but to others species.We plunder other
>> species territories etc etc etc. I congratulate the noisy miner for it's
>> protectiveness of it's family, community and its resources. I admire its
>> resourcefulness. How dare we judge this bird when we have altered its
>> habitat.
>> They only reflect what Humanity as done already!!
>>
>> Rob
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