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House Crows in the Netherlands, how long before Aus?

To: Carl Clifford <>
Subject: House Crows in the Netherlands, how long before Aus?
From: peter crow <>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:08:35 +1000
We have just returned from driving through NSW to Victoria and recorded birds we sighted while driving and those we saw in the numerous towns we stopped at.
A quick look at he lists suggests that  Starlings and/or Sparrows were  
the most commonly sen birds in towns and in many places, lookouts etc   
along the Great ocean Road. Blackbirds  were common in many places and  
Mynas were there in numbers but to my surprise not as common as I  
expected. We didn't visit Canberra.
In places there were great numbers of Rock Doves around grain handling  
facilities.
The most commonly seen birds were Galahs and Magpies followed by  
Ravens and some of the above.
While driving many species were missed or too small to be identified  
at 100 Kmph.
In Queensland we have more than enough Mynas and Starlings. A few  
Blackbirds have been reported and the Toowoomba group is working to  
find them so the local council can deal with them.
The last thing the native birds need is another aggressive competitor  
in the form of House Crows.
In spite of the wishes of some twitchers we should follow WA's example  
and hunt down and remove (kill) any that arrive here.
Do we really want another cane toad?

Peter



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