Noisy Miners and Common Mynas happily co-exist in my garden. The only
other species that regularly visit now are those that are larger and more
aggressive than the Miners and Mynas.
The House Sparrows disappeared well before the Noisy Miners colonised the
neighbourhood but they are still common in the local shopping centres (in
Box Hill, Victoria).
Cheers
David
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Carl Clifford <>
wrote:
> Fortunately, or unfortunately I should say, my back yard has never had any
> of the smaller species for the Noisys to push out.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> > On 26 Mar 2015, at 2:04 pm, Tony Russell <> wrote:
> >
> > Hm! I'm not so sure about that. Some years ago my garden was frequented
> and nested in by New Holland, White-plumed, Crescent etc honeyeaters, as
> well as Striated Pardalotes , Willie Wags, weebills, AND House sparrows and
> Starlings. Then the nasty old aggressive Noisy Miners moved in and cleared
> out all but the starlings and Sparrows. Wattlebirds, Blackbirds, and
> Mudlarks survived the invasion, but not the little fellows.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Birding-Aus On
> Behalf Of Carl Clifford
> > Sent: Thursday, 26 March 2015 11:03 AM
> > To: brian fleming
> > Cc: ; peter boyd
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Sparrows and Mynahs (no subject)
> >
> > You need some Noisy Miners. Until a couple of years ago, I would find up
> to 10 Common Mynas loafing around the back yard. Then the Noisy Miners
> moved in. Now, there are no Common Mynas game enough to venture into the
> yard.
> >
> > Carl Clifford
> >
> >
> >> On 26 Mar 2015, at 10:22 am, brian fleming <>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Peter,
> >> Many years ago House Sparrows nested under a tile on our old house.
> When they were nearly ready to fledge, Starlings killed and ate them and
> moved in. When their nestlings were leaning out of the nest, nearly ready
> to fly, they in turn were killed and thrown out on the path by Common
> Mynahs. The Mynahs were the only ones to successfully rear their young.
> >> Anthea Fleming
> >>
> >>> On 24/03/2015 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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