Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 25, 2008 11:38 pm mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 7Aug 26, 2008 12:08 pm mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 11Aug 26, 2008 1:14 pm joles Myna's are a pest and should be destroyed. They drive off native birds and throw other species babies from nests. Sounds horrible but they are a pest and need to be eradicated. They are a legitimate threat to native birds as they target babies in the nest. I will be looking at a trap when we get to the new house. I agree with the sentiment but most myna eradication programs concentrate on trapping rather than poisoning as poison programs are indiscriminate. Guess the point is if you give the native birds somewhere to hide, feed, and populate they stand a better chance. Also there is a native Myna - somewhat different coloring and tends to hop rather than stride. Some tips on Myna's..... http://sres-associated.anu.edu.au/myna/ mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 12Aug 26, 2008 2:44 pm to_do_list joles Myna's are a pest and should be destroyed. They drive off native birds and throw other species babies from nests. Sounds horrible but they are a pest and need to be eradicated. They are a legitimate threat to native birds as they target babies in the nest. I will be looking at a trap when we get to the new house. I agree with the sentiment but most myna eradication programs concentrate on trapping rather than poisoning as poison programs are indiscriminate. Guess the point is if you give the native birds somewhere to hide, feed, and populate they stand a better chance.Also there is a native Myna - somewhat different coloring and tends to hop rather than stride. Some tips on Myna's.....http://sres-associated.anu.edu.au/myna/ The program I'm talking about isn't indiscriminate poisoning. I generally don't like poisoning for the same reason.It involves trapping then poisoning by gas. Painless and quick. No risk to other animals. You have to get permission to do it from the council apparently but most councils encourage it. Even the RSPCA (from memory ) is on board with this because of the damage they do. I'll be looking into it more further down the track. I wrote all the details down when i watched the program. Jo I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 13Aug 26, 2008 7:38 pm to_do_list Drove up to Gippy and back again today so lots of radio listening.....anyhoo Radio National were interviewing the chap who won a Eureka Prize (a Science prize) for this website http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/spaces/ . Great website . I used it the year before last to help identify some tiny birds we had in our yard. The birds songs/sounds are terrific and the descriptions are excellent. Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 14Aug 26, 2008 10:54 pm being right near a national park we get massive flocks of beautiful black cockies cruising around all day. They are like the squadrons of big bombers in the bird world I never get sick of the noise they make and are so entertaining to watch. Our bird gets all excited when he sees them
I don't know which sort they are though. Baudins or carnaby? one of them needs banksia and the other can eat other things too. The little cheeky chitty chittys come the same time every year too. wagging their tails around the odd 28 as well. they are funny. thanks for the great find too Re: 15Dec 09, 2010 12:07 pm Fu Manchu being right near a national park we get massive flocks of beautiful black cockies cruising around all day. They are like the squadrons of big bombers in the bird world I never get sick of the noise they make and are so entertaining to watch. Our bird gets all excited when he sees them I don't know which sort they are though. Baudins or carnaby? one of them needs banksia and the other can eat other things too. The little cheeky chitty chittys come the same time every year too. wagging their tails around the odd 28 as well. they are funny. thanks for the great find too Just came across a petition to help save the black cockatoos habitat. It's worth signing I think; http://cockatoosneedyou.org.au/ Re: 16Dec 09, 2010 12:16 pm joles to_do_list We had those myna birds to start off with at Point Cook, but as the natives got established and the honeyeaters started to come in there little swarms and the when the wattlebirds (I think that's what they are, they make a loud clicking noise) came they started kickin' some myna bird ar*e, use to have some ding dong battles in the backyard. Basically the myna's moved on. That's good to hear Mike. But they will have moved on to somewhere else attacking the young in the nest. Stupid myna's. Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 17Dec 09, 2010 12:30 pm Since we've moved up here, I haven't had to implement my myna trap and poison program... I haven't seen any. We've got so many native birds up here it's awesome. There are a pair of massive things (I think they may be Wedge Tail Eagles) and they are unbelievable. Don't see them too often but they cast quite a shadow! I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 18Dec 09, 2010 12:32 pm We get some galahs, rosellas, rainbow lorikeets every so often... but mainly cockatoos and big black crow looking things. They're noisey... but dont seem to scare the mynas away... Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 19Dec 10, 2010 4:58 pm I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Birds in Your Backyard....not what you think 20Dec 31, 2010 7:55 pm I have birds in my back yard. I think they're eating the grass seed from my newly laid turf and as a result the weeds are getting a chance to take a hold. Am I imagining such a scenario or is there something I can do about it? No. It's not original. Circa early to mid 90s would be my guess and maybe even as late as early 2000s 1 6902 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 16931 It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? Soak wells need sandy soils. 10 9172 |