I have seen the demise of the House Sparrow at Gorokan, NSW Central Coast.
There used to be quite a few around the little shopping centre here, up to some
20 years ago. Their numbers declined, as the numbers of Common Myna increased.
Now there are none to be seen.
Carl Clifford
> On 24 Mar 2015, at 9:12 am, peter boyd <> wrote:
>
> Sparrows.
> I saw two Sparrows near the rubbish compactor at Morayfield Shopping Centre.
> I remarked to a chap that they were the first I had seen for a long time.
> He said the Indian Myna (now called the Common Myna) eat the Sparrow eggs in
> the nest.
> Does anyone know if this is true, and if so, what other bird eggs are these
> introduced pest eating.
> I saw a Cane Toad come out of a Rainbow Bee-eater tunnel nest with an egg at
> Toorbul Wader roost
> about three years ago.
> I clean up the Toads at nesting time as best I can but the nesting Bee-eater
> numbers are dropping
> off around Toorbul and Bribie Island.
> Sometimes the track to the bird hide at Buckley’s hole is black with little
> toads leaving the water
> and the snakes line up for a feed.
> I have been told they are not poisonous until they are about three months
> old.Is this true.
> Peter Boyd
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