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Peter Shute
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> Carl Clifford
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2015 11:03 AM
> To: peter boyd
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> I have seen the demise of the House Sparrow at Gorokan, NSW
> Central Coast. There used to be quite a few around the little
> shopping centre here, up to some 20 years ago. Their numbers
> declined, as the numbers of Common Myna increased. Now there
> are none to be seen.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> > On 24 Mar 2015, at 9:12 am, peter boyd
> <> wrote:
> >
> > Sparrows.
> > I saw two Sparrows near the rubbish compactor at Morayfield
> Shopping Centre.
> > I remarked to a chap that they were the first I had seen
> for a long time.
> > He said the Indian Myna (now called the Common Myna) eat
> the Sparrow eggs in the nest.
> > Does anyone know if this is true, and if so, what other
> bird eggs are these introduced pest eating.
> > I saw a Cane Toad come out of a Rainbow Bee-eater tunnel
> nest with an
> > egg at Toorbul Wader roost about three years ago.
> > I clean up the Toads at nesting time as best I can but the nesting
> > Bee-eater numbers are dropping off around Toorbul and Bribie Island.
> > Sometimes the track to the bird hide at Buckley's hole is
> black with
> > little toads leaving the water and the snakes line up for a feed.
> > I have been told they are not poisonous until they are
> about three months old.Is this true.
> > Peter Boyd
> >
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