Re: birding-aus Marked increases - Fairy Wrens !

Following Sean Pywell's posting, has anyone ever really changed
the minds of the open spaces managers who want to clear
undergrowth from parks etc. because of "baddies" ?

They rapidly retreat to the position that if the possibility of
rape, murder etc. etc. has been mentioned then their public
liability costs could be enormous if something nasty does happen
(the same argument is also used to reject appeals to retain old
trees).

But I suspect they simply do not like the disorder of
undergrowth (it's difficult to get at the litter, encourages
rats, weeds....) . Perhaps they are jealous of what humans might
get up to in the bushes !

So in most of our parks (rather than natural/semi-natural areas)
the cover for scrubwrens (and shelter for small birds from the
larger honeyeaters) goes.

Any success stories very welcome !

Michael Norris


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