Fatal Brush with Owl

Well that is assuming it was Noisy Miners. It says “native mynas”. Given that this is not an identifiable name, that could be all sorts of things or a mixture, e.g. Common (Indian) Mynas. But then again it is not a technical piece of writing and the error could have been made by the observer, the reporter, the editorial staff, etc. I read the first message and I did not even notice the error. Given that we have used names of “native cat” and “marsupial mouse” for various marsupials for decades, it is not really so severe a mistake.

Philip

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