Dear all,
Somehow in this debate, "Twitchers" seem to have taken over from the
'Boogeyman' as everybody's whipping boy - a bit like "Union Officials"
in the last Federal Election Campaign. I don't know of any
"Twitchers" who would want another aggressive species to become
established in Australia. However, neither is it up to Twitchers, or
any other private individual to decide to go and exterminate a given
bird, especially not one hanging around a children's playground.
However, while the 'authorities' decide to do about it and when,
surely there is no harm in those who have not seen this species (and
who want to) going to see it. That does not make them the devil
incarnate. By all means, let's try to do all that is within our power
to prevent further feral invasions, but let's also try to keep some
perspective.
John Tongue
Ulverstone,
Tasmania
On 22/11/2008, at 7:08 AM, peter crow wrote:
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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