Noisy Miners

["Rosemary Bell" <>]

When I began to survey my current GBS site in Hughes almost six years ago, I only saw Noisy Miners regularly in the open areas bordering the Federal Golf Course. Maybe once or twice a year I would record two or three Noisy Miners in my GBS site in Goble Street Hughes. This has changed in the past 12 months. I am now recording flocks of 5 to 8 birds almost every week.

 

Interestingly, this increase in Noisy Miners has coincided with a decrease in the number of Common Mynas recorded. In the past I would regularly see a maximum of 14 to 18 Common Mynas in my GBS site each week. Now I am seeing only two. I wonder if there could be a connection?

 

I have Red Wattlebirds that breed regularly in my garden. The N. Miners and the R. Wattlebirds seem to take it in turns to use the bird bath, but I have not seen the Wattlebirds chasing the Miners away.

 

Rosemary Bell