Indian Mynah control

["Penny Brockman" <>]

I have no mynas except in summer occasional visiting pair that nest in nearby old red gum. Garden has almost no grass, thickly planted natives.  Noisy miners are common southern end town around parks, sales yard, hospital and high school. And nearby river flats with cattle and crops. Lots dodgy house roofs and old gums for nest sites.  However in 18 years residence myna numbers are going up. Nobody cares enough to trap consistently and I’m too old and increpit to manage such a program as well as problem of disposal. 

Like all problems with weeds it’s only when the infestation gets enormous and starts causing economic problems that anybody takes action. 

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Penny Brockman

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020, at 2:27 PM, Rod Warnock wrote:

When I arrived in Kilaben Road ,Kilaben Bay on Lake MacQuarie 40 years ago I was plagued with Indian Mynas.

I planted Grevilleas and Bottlebrushes and in came Noisy Miners after the above native plantings within 12 months the Indian Mynas vanished. No baiting etc they simply vanished. All I planted were as above.

Best regards

Rod Warnock PhD AFIAP

Nature: The Cathedral of Awe !!

Rod Warnock Bird and Wildlife Photography    

http://www.rodwarnockphotography.com

  

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 2:41 PM Michael Hunter <m("westnet.com.au","drmhunter");" target="_blank">> wrote:

Indian Mynahs are a pestilence on much of Sydney's suburbia.

They can be virtually totally eliminated by blocking  their nesting cavities, which are invariably under the eaves of houses, often via gutters.

Trapping and wringing their necks ("euthanising") is never ending, stopping them from breeding is permanent.

In Suburbia it would be a big deal for all houses to block off, but should be a program instituted by all the relevant Councils. 

Education pamphlets distributed to all households, possibly the provision of mobile teams of ladder men with a supply of old ("nylon") socks or wire netting would get completely rid of these "flying rats".

Hopefully  the return of many small native bird spp. to suitable areas would follow. Particularly areas without uncontrolled cat populations .

I can personally vouch for this. The only Indian Mynah nest in a tree cavity that I have seen was short lived thanks to either goannas or other hole nesting birds . Not applicable in most of infested Suburbia.

              Yours Very Sincerely

                  Michael Hunter.

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