I don’t know whether they were kept as pets or just imported to Canberra and released. But the story appears clear that they were introduced as well as self spreading into our area. I don’t know about father and son but the story and family name responsible is well known in Canberra. Yes it is true that they were deliberately introduced in Canberra in the 1960s & 1970s. 12 on 12-11-1968 and a total of 110 by September 1971. But that does not of itself explain their subsequent success. Detailed in Steve Wilson’s book. What is more far important is the huge effort gone into trapping them and they have gone from super abundant to – well not quite rare, but they are in general terms no longer common. We have all the data from over 30 years of Garden Bird Survey to support this. If you want to know about Garden Bird Survey, that is in my book (although the Myna control program post dates that). Typical, Canberra gets to suffer from the (talking) rabble invading us from other parts of the country. Philip —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of Greg and Val Clancy Sent: Sunday, 19 January 2014 5:49 PM To: Carl Clifford; Laurie Knight Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Buddy the talking Sgtarling 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 Dr Greg. P. Clancy Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide | PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460 | 02 6649 3153 | 0429 601 960 http://www.gregclancyecologistguide.com http://gregswildliferamblings.blogspot.com.au/ —–Original Message—– From: Carl Clifford Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 5:38 PM To: Laurie Knight Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org 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 <l.knight@optusnet.com.au> > wrote: > > Yes, but wasn’t the reason there was such a concentration around > Canberra > because someone was keeping them as pets? > _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
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