Wasn't it an elderly person in poor health who is supposed to have arranged
the Common Myna invasion of Canberra? I can understand why they do it, but if
it's going to have such a noticeable affect then I think they should get a
budgie in a cage. But who's going to tell them?
Peter Shute
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> Sent: Friday, 26 March 2010 9:39 AM
> To: Wendy;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets,
> Strathfield railway station, Sydney, NSW
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> Wendy wrote:
> > I have neither seen nor heard of people feeding the Rainbow
> Lorikeets
> > in Melbourne. Is that just where and with whom I hang out?
> > The birds seem to do fine feeding themselves.
> I know of three near neighbours here in Ivanhoe who have
> bird-feeders and regularly feed all birds - Rainbow
> Lorikeets, Noisy Miners and Common Mynahs have increased in
> numbers greatly since this started.
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> Two of these people have the excuse that they are elderly and
> in poor health, They like to see colourful birds near their windows.
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> I believe Rainbows' competition for nest-hollows is one
> reason Red-rumped Parrot numbers have declined locally - as
> well as the tidying of local park areas and spraying Capeweed
> (another nasty introduced weed but Redrumps like the seed).
> Anthea Fleming
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