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Hi Mike (and fellow Birding-Aus people…),
I hope that this note finds you well…
My first migratory swift record for this season was yesterday.
At 1:00pm, approximately 50 x White-throated Needletails were seen over the Kennedy Hwy, 43kms south of Mt Garnet and north . . . → Read More: WTNT records It’s the nesting sites Where do they next in our Capital ! Has anyone checked the Parliament Houses for these particular parasites. ? Tree hollows would be limited in Canberra. Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Nov 2020, at 4:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 85, Issue 13 Hi all, Thought some of you may want to listen to an interview I did last Friday with bird watcher and regenerative farmer Charlie Massy. Best, Charles Hunter Call of the Reed Warbler: a discussion with Dr. Charles Massy OAM – The Green Genius – saving our planet Call of the Reed Warbler: . . . → Read More: Podcast with Charlie Massy http://www.indianmynaaction.org.au/
A lot can be and has been done about them. We have had a massive decline of the species, in Canberra, after a concerted effort over a lot of years. Just a suggestion following up on recent comments to check out this source. And don’t waste time . . . → Read More: Indian Mynas Playing with pussies. Stephen’s reference on cats seemed more directed to one’s own pet pussy rather than to the problem of general protection of wildlife, (as outlines in the reference, an eye watering problem) from feral or uncontrolled domestic moggies. Here in Mulgoa we have largely eliminated them by using possum traps, most successfully baited . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 85, Issue 10 I am surprised that, on a birding site, some still use the misnomer of 'Indian Myna', for Acridotheres tristis. The accepted common name is 'Common Myna'. And the introduced bird is common up and down the east coast of Australia with varying densities. Populations also extend well inland in certain areas. No doubt it is . . . → Read More: Common Mynas And of course, the day after I sent out my mail maintaining that there were no waxwings in Tromsø this autumn, a flock of 40-50 Bohemian Waxwings sailed over our house and landed in a tree nearby! That’ll reach me to make definite statements out of a very limited data material. As a biologist, . . . → Read More: waxwings There is good evidence that both domestic and feral cats have a serious adverse impact on avifauna. Birds Queensland has produced a brochure that encourages people to better manage their cats. This brochure may be found and downloaded here: https://birdsqueensland.org.au/cat_safety_brochure.php Please download and use wisely. We feel that it is important not to be seen . . . → Read More: Cats and birds Please note that my email address and that of Hinterland Bush Links, has changed from wilderness@hotkey.net.au to sduncan@hinterlandbushlinks.org . The former address will expire shortly so please amend your records.
Best wishes Susie
Susie Duncan Coordinator, Hinterland Bush Links Inc. P.O. Box . . . → Read More: Susie Duncan email address change 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 . . . → Read More: Indian Mynah control |
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