Here's a small problem as one is belted into ones seat, a gaggle of
Starlings swoop across the path of a commercial airliner as it rotates
off the runway, and are inducted/injected/inhailed into the motive power
plant that keeps you safe in the air.
Nasty little worthless birds that were introduced into Australia, and something
that we allow to multiply without concern along with many other introduced
pests. Every aussie kid should be encouraged to trap and dispose of these
problem species, maybe even be paid a bounty.
Are you flying off somewhere soon???
Starling - family of birds (many of which are native to Australia).
Indian Mynah bird - member of the Starling family and is not native to Australia.
Tons of Indian Mynahs around here. Hate the bastards. I see them giving other birds, even ones the size of crows a hard time. No level of government seems to care about them.
up at the burrum heads speed comp we saw a helicopter hit a flock of birds.
the pilots were flying low looking for some boaties that had come to a sad end.
one hell of a bang!!
Starlings as an introduced species in Australia
according to the Bible of birdo's, by Grahme Pizzey
" A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia "
....i rest my case......
I humbly suggest that you actually read the pages on the document you have posted, especially the bit about the Metallic (Shiny) Starling being a native species!
I may have erred by using the word "many", when in fact it appears that there are 2 identified species of Starling native to Australia, and one of those is already extinct.
JB
Interesting I also saw in the media twice in the last month about how foxes are becoming a big problem in cities. Also rabbit numbers coming up again big time was mentioned last week (in the paper I think)
Taking the guns off law abiding people in 1996 ring a bell???
Thats the problem. The federal government took away the right to have a gun unless you had a 'legitimate' reason to own one. So just having a 22 rifle in the cupboard incase you see a rabbit, fox or Indian Mynah in the yard and you want to shoot it, isn't a legitimate reason. Lots of farmers and landholders gave up their guns as it wasn't worth the hassle to keep a gun.
In response the number of feral animals keep rising and no one in government at any level seems to care. In every Sydney suburb centre with trees at dusk you can't talk due to the noise that the Indian Mynahs make.
The only bird i've ever seen stand up to them was a kookaburra. There were two of Starlings swooping a kookaburra sitting on my fence and it grabbed hold of one of them and decapitated it with a snap of its razor-beak and a 3 second shake, coolest thing I have ever seen. I love alpha-kookaburras now. Apparently they kill massive snakes too. Sic.
