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A problem with Blackbirds

To: "Trevor Hampel" <>, "Birding-Aus" <>
Subject: A problem with Blackbirds
From: "michael norris" <>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:09:56 +1000
Hi Trevor

It's a huge problem.  100 years after the first settlement of Europeans
around here, that great bird observer Barbara Salter suggested that
Blackbirds were the main cause of the disappearance of orchids.

Blackbirds turn over soil at a huge rate per annum (I know the figure is out
there but haven't found it).

Solutions? Cats, dogs...  It depends on what you want to keep and what you
do not mind being hurt.   It's been like that for 150 years.

Michael Norris





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