I remember seeing Common Mynas (definitely not Noisy Miners) around Woden
when I worked at the Patents Office between 1988-90. The McComas-Taylor
"Birds of the ACT" says between 1968-71 110 mynas were released
intentionally
in the suburb of Forrest (dress circle for Canberraites as I recall).
Cheers
Alex Appleman
Townsville NQ
(a lot warmer than Canberra)
> Hi All,
>
> Perhaps someone knows about this............
>
> My husband is holidaying in his home town, Canberra (actually he grew up
> over the border in Struggletown - Queanbeyan) and speaks on an invasion of
> Common Mynas. He was at a dinner party last night, and someone, whom he
> usually regards as no dill, said that the mynas became established in
> Canberra, after a breeding pair was released. I was last in Canberra only
> about four or five years ago, and can recall no mynas at that time.
>
> Does anyone know how it happened?
>
> Cheers
>
> Jill
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