Interesting to hear this. My old man, up near Wyong, says he noticed a
difference to the immediate local population just by trapping them himself.
Philip - what is this book of which you speak?
Alistair
On 3 February 2010 12:15, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> Are you able to quote some numbers please, Philip? How fast were they
> increasing before, and how fast are they decreasing now?
>
> Regarding the lady in the article, it's one thing being against culling,
> but it makes me angry that people refuse to stop feeding them.
>
> Peter Shute
>
>
> Philip Veerman wrote on Wednesday, 3 February 2010 12:05 PM:
>
> > Thanks Frank,
> >
> > The program in Canberra has been a great success in only a few years,
> > at totally reversing the prior trend of the increase in abundance of
> > this species that has happened over many years. And through our long
> > running Garden Bird Survey (since 1981) we have the data to track the
> > trends.
> > People are trapping large numbers of Common Mynas and it is making a
> > big difference. As we have all these GBS data (as described in my
> > book) we also have the capacity for tracking changes in abundance of
> > all species, to try to look for connections. Although showing likely
> > connections will take a few years as there are so many factors
> > involved. My book describes some of those issues. And as Frank
> > mentions, there is no need for a major cost in buying these traps.
> >
> >
> > Philip Veerman
> > 24 Castley Circuit
> > Kambah ACT 2902
> >
> > 02 - 62314041
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 2010 11:19 PM
> > To: Peter Shute; ;
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Indian Myna
> >
> >
> > Here's what happens in Canberra http://www.indianmynaaction.org.au/
> > and you can build your own trap - no need for $330!
> >
> > Regards
> > Frank Antram
> >
> > ----Original message-----
> > From: Peter Shute
> > Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:10:29 +1100
> > To: ""
> > ""
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Indian Mynay
> >
> >> I don't know if it makes much difference or not, but surely locally
> >> it
> >
> >> does. It's interesting that he's so committed, but appears to
> >> discourage competitors.
> >>
> >> Peter Shute
> >>
> >>
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