Jeffrey and others
Re Myna evictions
CMs have been studied in the ACT over the past few years. Dr Stuart Pell and
Dr Chris Tidemann at ANU demonstrated that CMs have a negative impact on the
breeding success of native parrots, namely the Eastern and Crimson Rosellas.
CMs were recorded battling with and evicting both Rosellas, Red-rumped
Parrots and Starlings. They did not win every battle though. Chris was sent
a record from Sydney of CMs killing a sugar glider for its hollow.
A few CM's are now out in the semi-rural areas up to 20km from Canberra, and
that's happened only 30 years after the birds were released here. My
experiences with surveys in this region show that CM's do get into woodland
but more so in disturbed areas, particularly along edges.
Cheers
Anthony
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From: Jeffrey Amess
To:
Subject: The Good the Bad and downright smelly!
Date: Sunday, 16 April 2000 10:50AM
My apologies, my broad description "rural" needs to be defined, yes the
Common Myna will be found anywhere where humans are resident, after all they
have a lot in common. But is there any observer out there that has seen the
Common Myna invade and reside in our reserves and what little "real" bush
that is left? Experience from other lands where the CM has become resident
show that they dont like the real bush very much, hence I am interested if
they will here, considering the paucity of predators.
It has been observed that most "native" holenesters will evict the CM's,
this is true in the case of the Dollarbird and Paradise Lorikeet, has anyone
witnessed the actual eviction of a "native" species by CM's, and which
species?
A little change, I have had Apostlebirds and/or Grey-crowned Babblers
described as "Smelly" birds, can anyone throw some light on this, as the
description is from a non birder?
Jeff
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