Mynas

[Brian Fleming <>]

Philip Veerman wrote:
> 
> Is the issue that "Mynas are tolerant of small birds like Willy
> Wagtails,
> Silvereyes and Superb Fairy-wrens etc and can live with them OK". Or
> is it
> that small birds like ....are tolerant of Mynas (or not).
> 
> Certainly the evidence over 21 years from COG's GBS as in my 21 Year
> book on
> the survey is that all the large parrots (escept Gang-gang Cockatoo
> which
> has gone up and down with a slight increase) have allincreased their
> abundances drastictly during the time the Myna has arrived and then
> increased in abundance. The Eastern Rosella has not changed, the
> Red-rumped
> Parrot has decreased drastically and the Common Starling has also
> decreased
> drastically.
> 
> Philip
>