It is probably an urban myth but the story that I heard was that an elderly
man from Sydney retired to Canberra (? into a nursing home) and missed the
'wonderful sound' of the Common Mynas so his son introduced them there to
keep his father happy. I know that they were moving along the Hume Highway
some decades ago so may have arrived independently of the old man's son but
it makes a good story.
Regards
Greg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Clifford
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 5:38 PM
To: Laurie Knight
Cc:
Subject: Buddy the talking Sgtarling
Just had a look at HANZAAB, and the original introduction was to Melbourne,
then introduced to QLD on several occasions (Birds in Backyards lead me
astray on that point).
The reason for the concentration around Canberra may be because they were
still being released there as late as Sept 1971!
On 19 Jan 2014, at 16:38, Laurie Knight <> wrote:
Yes, but wasn't the reason there was such a concentration around Canberra
because someone was keeping them as pets?
On 19/01/2014, at 3:34 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
I believe Common Mynas were introduced to Australia, to control cane
beetles in Queensland in the late 19thC. When it was found that they were
not doing their job, Cane Toads were introduced. Gee, thanks Queensland.
Common Mynas do mimic to certain extent, but not well enough to want to
keep one for it's mimicry. IMHO, the only way one would want to keep a CM
is pressed.
Carl Clifford
On 19 Jan 2014, at 16:14, Laurie Knight <>
wrote:
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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