I notice many birders like killing Common Mynas. This species was released
a long time ago and now inhabits more than 25% of Eastern Australia. It
believe the time for an effective campaign to eradicate Common Mynas
probably passed 100 years ago. However, I wrote this poem several years ago:
*The Common Myna*
According to the Common Myna
Life in Oz could not be finer
Ample ecologic niches
Full of gastronomic riches
To refugees from lands afar
The Aussie door is left ajar
>From the overcrowded Ganges delta
Come Common Mynas seeking shelter
Mind you stress can be intense
When translocating continents
To achieve an immigration mission
You can’t dismiss the competition
Kites, magpies and Currawong
All do their best to do them wrong
Goannas, snakes and many others
And don’t forget those Kookaburras
They steal their nests, eat their young
When settling in has just begun
And believe you me I do not jest
When I say specific prejudice
Mind you one can understand
These natives think it is their land
Millenia of evolution
Occupation and collusion
But it’s hard to comprehend the hate
>From the pale skinned primate
Also recent immigrants
>From over crowded continents
These humans flaunt their shameless skill
For destroying habitats at will
Converting ancient forest tall
Into ugly urban sprawl
They eliminate all competition
With poison, plough and land division
And into fragile habitats
Bring rabbits, foxes, toads and cats
And thus it seems to be to me
Such unashamed hypocrisy
Amidst destruction caused by them
The Common Myna to condemn.
GEOFF RYAN
2010
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