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Dear COG & CIMAG Chatline Members,
As part of the on-going research into Common
(Indian) Mynas in the ACT, ANU researchers Chris Tidemann and Kate Grarock
are doing experiments with a large trap (mounted on 3 trailers) which
attempts to catch large flock of mynas roosting over-night in densely leaved
trees. Most of these trees are in suburban streets or back yards. Not
all roosting trees will end-up being satisfactory sites for these
trials, as there are clearly issues of permission, difficuly of access and
the exclusion of some suburbs (as part of other experiments which Kate is
undertaking for her PhD).
This work is of course additional to the routine
trapping using small wire traps that CIMAG members have been doing since 2006,
and which so far has removed > 22, 000 mynas.
CIMAG is helping the ANU people with this
work, and would be intersted in identifying sites where myna flocks roost
overnight.
Information sought is:
1. Suburb, street and number.
2. Tree type and approx height &
spread.
3. Number of trees used if more than
one.
4. Approx number of mynas roosting
5. Any info on difficulty of access or likelyhood
of permission.
Grateful replies on either or both
Chatlines.
Cheers,
Bruce Lindenmayer
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