tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post8794438355436603063..comments2023-12-30T01:39:18.742+11:00Comments on The House(s) of Fran_mart: Some comments on two invasive speciesFlabmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-24481864580015110462015-07-30T09:08:55.015+10:002015-07-30T09:08:55.015+10:00Thanks for comments Ian and Denis.
To try to enl...Thanks for comments Ian and Denis. <br /><br />To try to enlarge the readership I have noted the post to the COG Chatline and I understand it is to be mentioned in the next edition of Myna Matters.<br /><br />I have also referred to the issue of competition for hollows on the main post. WRT that I recall with much amusement seeing a pair of mynas, punching well above their weight, and themselves getting ejected from a hollow by the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo that was also interested in it.<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-85807311652378940942015-07-28T17:58:25.323+10:002015-07-28T17:58:25.323+10:00I agree wth your comments re the Common. Myna. Def...I agree wth your comments re the Common. Myna. Definitely a pest species in Australia. <br />I would add a note that they aggressively compete for nest hollows, which many native birds <br />use for their nests.Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-35446383057042158062015-07-28T08:46:56.673+10:002015-07-28T08:46:56.673+10:00I totally concur - thanks for a thoughtful and tim...I totally concur - thanks for a thoughtful and timely article that should be more widely read. I wasn't able to ask any locals about their perspective on the House Crow mob in KK, but my impression is that the crows have been there for a while and are still in very low numbers, oddly. However we saw how the mynas here took some time before the population exploded, a classic model of feral population establishment and growth. I'll be working with a local birder in Sabah next year, and will ask him.Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.com