Whatever, but this is an unhelpful and surely wrong suggestion about
for Common Mynas and starlings. Not likely to be the intent, (unless part of the
control program for these birds) even if it is a consequence. I suggest an improvement on guessing would surely be that the best entity to ask is whoever it was who put them there. I was wondering if it is intended for other fauna, like bats. Maybe put there
to simply ask the question what happens? But stuck out like that does not look to me to be very enticing in that habitat.
I think the arboretum is rather nice - mostly although it is so much like that line from “Big Yellow Taxi”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Yellow_Taxi
..............
They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em...................
From: David Rees [
Sent: Saturday, 14 January, 2017 7:49 PM
To: Mark Clayton
Cc: CanberraBirds
Subject: Re: FW: [canberrabirds] What are they for?
Could have become O'Malley Mk2 instead.
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Mark Clayton <> wrote:
I meant to send this to the chatline and not just as a reply to Les
mark
From: Mark
Clayton [
Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2017 12:27 PM
To: 'mariko buszynski'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] What are they for?
Knowing the ACT Government’s totally useless wildlife policies I would say they are nest boxes for
Common Mynas and starlings!! Obviously trying to entice wildlife into the barren wasteland that is Stanhope’s Folly, aka the National Arboretum.
Mark
From: mariko
buszynski
Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2017 11:53 AM
To: canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] What are they for?
There are around six high poles with very solid looking bird boxes secured to them in the Molonglo pine plantation area, near the National Arboretum.
They are as high as electricity poles and spaced about 100 metres apart. They have been securely cemented in place, some have solar panels and cameras, a professional undertaking. Is this a CSIRO project? But for what?
For photos please see the links to dropbox below
