Hi Birders,
I have enjoyed reading the correspondence about Blackberry spraying but I do
think that too many people make it very difficult for the land managers to
carry out their control of this noxious weed.
I feel that Mike Tarburton is being abit naive about suggesting that we
should not spray blackberries during the Superb Fairy-wren breeding season.
Here in coastal NSW, Fairy-wrens and Scrub-wrens start nesting in July and
in March they are often still breeding. To tell Land Managers therefore that
they can only spray April to June, is a bit much.
Both White-cheeked and New Holland Honeyeaters and Little Wattlebirds here
in NSW are known to have breeding season from April-July and from Sep-Dec,
however I expect some nest all year around, so probably whenever you are
going to spray there is some bird nesting. Noxious weeds have to be removed
at all costs and if we dilly dally because some bird is breeding, it will
never get done.
By all means the Land Managers should consult the community on weed spraying
but they need better support for this essential work in removing noxious
weeds than some of our correspondents are giving them. Believe you me, it is
very easy for land managers to justify doing nothing when all they get is
criticism for doing what is essential work.
Alan Morris
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