This thread has reminded me about this article I read recently about the use of
digital track pads in NZ to identify animals that walk across them in real
time, and potentially administer a poison:
http://ensia.com/articles/building-a-better-rat-trap/
I wonder if birds like Common Mynas could be accurately identified by their
foot prints.
Peter Shute
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> On 19 Jan 2014, at 5:50 pm, "Greg and Val Clancy" <> wrote:
>
> 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: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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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