Buddy the talking Sgtarling

[Laurie Knight <>]

Wasn't mimicry one of the reasons that Common Mynas were brought into  
Australia (as pets)?
Regards, Laurie.

On 19/01/2014, at 11:03 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:

> Common Hill Mynas are pretty good at mimicking human speech as well.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
> > On 19 Jan 2014, at 10:44, "Tony Russell" <>  
> > wrote:
> > Yes, it's absolutely amazing, and I presume the lady has a KIWI  
> > accent - one
> > of the strongest I've ever heard !
> >
> > T.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Birding-Aus  On  
> > Behalf Of
> > Jude Latt
> > Sent: Saturday, 18 January 2014 7:02 PM
> > To: ; 
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Buddy the talking Sgtarling
> >
> >
> > How amazing is that.
> > Here I was thinking only the Cockatoos/budgies etc.  talked.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Laurie Knight <>
> > To: birding-aus <>
> > Sent: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 7:17 am
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Buddy the talking Sgtarling
> >
> >
> > G'day
> >
> > Keith Stockwell has asked me to forward the following item
> >
> > http://www.3news.co.nz/Buddy-the-talking-starling/tabid/817/articleID/320910
> > /Default.aspx#.Uo-u78QwrRc
> >
> >
> > Regards, Laurie.
> >
> >
> >
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