I agree with Chris. Common Starlings are trapped regularly at the Eyre Bird
Observatory (about 250 km west of Eucla) in cage traps containing decoy
starlings. I've often thought that it would be an interesting research
project to see if some Common Starling populations are becoming more
physiologically and behaviorally adapted to Australian arid and semi-arid
conditions, thus allowing them to penetrate these marginal areas more
readily and extensively.
A potential Ph.D project for someone, maybe?
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Chris Sanderson
Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2009 12:31 PM
To: Don and Llane
Cc: Birding Aus;
Subject: Common Starling in Finke
Hi Don,
I would urge you to report this to the department of agriculture in NT. I
know WA are particularly serious about starling control, and I'd imagine NT
are too as they don't have any colonies there as far as I know. I know its
just one bird (for now), but I believe Starlings send out scouts to find
locations for new colonies, so its not worth the risk.
Regards,
Chris
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Don and Llane <> wrote:
> Three days ago I saw a Common Starling flying across the Aputula Community
> here. Well, if I had been at home in NZ I would have certainly identified
it
> as such but here in Finke it was a big call to id such a rarity just on
> flight alone. Today however I was able to photograph it so proving it. In
> the Atlas I see that for the Northern Territory only Alice Springs has had
a
> sighting. Perhaps this bird here is just the second record for NT.
>
> Don Hadden
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