That would be wonderful - I would also prefer Noisy Miners to oust Common
Miners as well!! (:-})
Cheers,
Mark Kliene.
Andrew Taylor wrote:
> Yesterday, I saw for the first time a pair of Crested Pigeon foraging in
> an entirely artificial context. The were feeding on the covered brick
> pathway of the University of NSW Quadrangle building. At one stage the
> pair foraged about 10m down a large completely enclosed corridor.
>
> I couldn't work out what they were eating - its next to a cafeteria and
> I expect there would be far more human food crumbs than windblown seeds.
>
> Crested pigeons were absent from Sydney until ~1950 - they still seem to
> be increasing in numbers where I live, Glebe in inner Sydney.
>
> Perhaps they'll displace some of Sydney's many Domestic Pigeons and
> Spotted Turtle-doves.
>
> Andrew Taylor
>
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