I admit to being a little surprised by Robyn Charlton's enthusiasm for
Noisy miners. Had she seen a group of them attacking a Satin
Bowerbird so badly that it could not be saved she might have a little
less.
I seems that when they move into an area, usually helped by human
intervention/ (gardening), many other birds are either driven out or
killed. While of course it is foolish to apply human morality to
birds, surely their impact must be regarded as unfortunate for
biodiversity.
On 28/05/2008, at 10:19 AM, Robyn Charlton wrote:
Greetings all,
I'm currently working on a bird sampling field report for Ecology
(Uni).
Anyway the comment has come up about Noisy miner aggression towards
other
birds. Is it not incredibly hypocritical of us, as a species to pass
judgment on any other species on this planet. Are we not the worst
species
be aggressive not only to our own but to others species.We plunder
other
species territories etc etc etc. I congratulate the noisy miner for
it's
protectiveness of it's family, community and its resources. I admire
its
resourcefulness. How dare we judge this bird when we have altered its
habitat.
They only reflect what Humanity as done already!!
Rob
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