This is from a recent Victorian Birdline report by Alf Forbes in Boronia: “This is a rather sad report. Last Friday, after 28 years on my semi bush block in Boronia, the first ever colony of Noisy Miners invaded my property. In the past they have been a rare itinerant but not now. As of today, a pair of nesting Blue Wrens have abandoned their nest and left the fledglings. All Striated and Brown Thornbills, Spotted Pardalotes, Grey Fantails, Yellow Faced Honeyeaters, Eastern Spinebills, Silvereyes and even the Red Wattlebirds are gone. In 3 days these daily sightings are no more. They are far worse than Indian Mynas. Love to know how to get rid of them.” Are Noisy Miner invasions usually this abrupt? Peter Shute
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That must be why it’s called Happy Valley Peter! Cheers David On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Peter Pfeiffer < peter.pfeiffer@flinders.edu.au> wrote:
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Interesting. South of Adelaide in Happy Valley we have had Noisy Miners for 20 years or more. We still get Eastern Spinebills, Spotted Pardalotes (nesting), White-plumed Honeyeaters, Red Wattlebirds and the odd Silvereye. Cheers, Peter. —–Original Message—– Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2015 5:32 PM Our experience was not as abrupt as Alf’s, but with similar results. Small species such as Eastern Spinebills, Spotted Pardalotes, Silvereyes and White-plumed Honeyeaters disappeared from my house in Box Hill at the same time that Noisy Miners appeared. Red Wattlebirds persisted for a couple of years and Little Wattlebirds lasted a year or two longer. Magpies, Grey Butcherbirds, Tawny Frogmouths and Little Ravens are still resident and Lorikeets, Cockatoos, Currawongs, Eastern Rosellas and Common Mynas are regular visitors. Common Blackbirds are no longer common and are harassed when they appear. Spotted Doves and Crested Pigeons are rarely seen now. Small flocks of Brown Thornbills occasionally try to forage in the thicker vegetation but are chased away. Interestingly, a pair of Magpie-larks have just started visiting our backyard and we had a Laughing Kookaburra a couple of weeks ago. Cheers David Sent from my iPad
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Tim Low’s book “Where Song Began” has some excellent insight / views on the “The Ultimate Aggressor” (the Noisy Miner). Also good paper here: http://www.latrobe..au/zoology/dept-of-zoology-documents/Final-low-res-LR-LatrobeUni-Birds-Broch.pdf Cheers, Charles Hunter +61 402 907 577
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Our experience was not as abrupt as Alf’s, but with similar results. Small species such as Eastern Spinebills, Spotted Pardalotes, Silvereyes and White-plumed Honeyeaters disappeared from my house in Box Hill at the same time that Noisy Miners appeared. Red Wattlebirds persisted for a couple of years and Little Wattlebirds lasted a year or two longer. Magpies, Grey Butcherbirds, Tawny Frogmouths and Little Ravens are still resident and Lorikeets, Cockatoos, Currawongs, Eastern Rosellas and Common Mynas are regular visitors. Common Blackbirds are no longer common and are harassed when they appear. Spotted Doves and Crested Pigeons are rarely seen now. Small flocks of Brown Thornbills occasionally try to forage in the thicker vegetation but are chased away. Interestingly, a pair of Magpie-larks have just started visiting our backyard and we had a Laughing Kookaburra a couple of weeks ago. Cheers David Sent from my iPad
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They moved into our suburban Sydney area over 40 years ago. At first I was pleased as the Indian Mynas disappeared, but then realised that all the small birds had gone too. When they moved into Woy Woy Bay (Central Coast) a friend tried to rescue a Satin Bowerbird they were attacking, but it didn’t survive. Not desirable birds Susan Knowles sknowles46@aapt.net.au
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