Fortunately, or unfortunately I should say, my back yard has never had any of
the smaller species for the Noisys to push out.
Carl Clifford
> On 26 Mar 2015, at 2:04 pm, Tony Russell <> wrote:
>
> Hm! I'm not so sure about that. Some years ago my garden was frequented and
> nested in by New Holland, White-plumed, Crescent etc honeyeaters, as well as
> Striated Pardalotes , Willie Wags, weebills, AND House sparrows and
> Starlings. Then the nasty old aggressive Noisy Miners moved in and cleared
> out all but the starlings and Sparrows. Wattlebirds, Blackbirds, and
> Mudlarks survived the invasion, but not the little fellows.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> Carl Clifford
> Sent: Thursday, 26 March 2015 11:03 AM
> To: brian fleming
> Cc: ; peter boyd
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Sparrows and Mynahs (no subject)
>
> You need some Noisy Miners. Until a couple of years ago, I would find up to
> 10 Common Mynas loafing around the back yard. Then the Noisy Miners moved in.
> Now, there are no Common Mynas game enough to venture into the yard.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
>> On 26 Mar 2015, at 10:22 am, brian fleming <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>> Many years ago House Sparrows nested under a tile on our old house. When
>> they were nearly ready to fledge, Starlings killed and ate them and moved
>> in. When their nestlings were leaning out of the nest, nearly ready to fly,
>> they in turn were killed and thrown out on the path by Common Mynahs. The
>> Mynahs were the only ones to successfully rear their young.
>> Anthea Fleming
>>
>>> On 24/03/2015 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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