> Bill Stent wrote - "Actually, Common Mynas do this as well around our way. I
> wonder if you can get an enormous cannon net to go over the whole tree"...
I was concerned with the inference ( whether intentional or in jest) that a
flock of one of our most beautiful and protected native species would be
considered in the same breath as Common Mynahs and that because they are in
large numbers and noisy they should be cannon netted! Certainly any
impression we should cannon net such a unique bird needed clarification for
mine. Here in Brisbane we have similar occurences which i find a wonder to see
and experience.
cheers,
David Taylor
Brisbane
On 25/03/2010, at 7:50 AM, Bill Stent wrote:
> Actually, Common Mynas do this as well around our way. I wonder if you can
> get an enormous cannon net to go over the whole tree...
>
> Bill
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Shirley Cook" <>
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:48 AM
> To: "Ben Hope" <>; <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets,Strathfield
> railway station, Sydney, NSW
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I was at the Chifley Hotel in Penrith for a couple of nights a fortnight ago
>> and on the first night just on dusk, I came out of the hotel to be greeted
>> by the most unearthly cacophony that at first I thought was some
>> ear-splitting metal working being done somewhere nearby. It then became
>> obvious it was coming from hundreds of Rainbow Lorikeets, settling down for
>> the night in the trees around the hotel. When I came outside again about
>> half an hour later with darkness approaching, they had settled down to the
>> occasional twittering!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Shirley Cook
>> Secretary/Treasurer
>> Birds Australia (Northern NSW)
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