I have been out all day today with friends to a photo exhibition and also out for lunch so haven't had chance to catch up with 365 until now.
It has been another hot day but I believe a cool change is on the way. Still no sign of rain though .
Today's photo is of the not too popular Indian myna. The Indian myna is a member of the Sturnidae (starling and myna) family and native to Asia. They were deliberately introduced to Australia in the 1800s to control insects, but it is now regarded as an invasive pest. I quite like them though even if they are pests.
Like many things that are introduced to our country, including camels, cane toads, rabbits etc they always end up being regarded as pests because they seem to breed rather rapidly here. Various animals are introduced to solve one problem, yet always seem to create another.
Nice shot of him. yes, interesting comment about introducing something to sort out another thing and yet that causing problems too. Methinks nature finds the balance if you leave her alone......
Well you've taught me something new! I had no idea mynahs were introduced to Australia. It's a shame they've become pests as they are such interesting and handsome birds.
That’s a fabulous capture of this rather beautiful bird. Many mistakes have been made in the past by the introduction of non native species in places where they don’t belong. Our ring necked parakeet our similar to your Indian myna bird, very pretty but a pest.
I am surprised just how many people also mistake the Indian myna for our noisy miner birds too. Noisy miners are native, honey eater family and also rather aggressive to other birds, but nobody seems to complain about them.
I work on the theory that everybody eats something and we just need to live together and accept that life is survival of the fittest.
You've caught his arrogance quite well - we have them here and I'm afraid I trap them - they take over the nesting sites for the native birds, kill any babies already in situ and then foul the site so badly that parrots etc will never sue them again. I know it's not their fault but they cause so many problems...
I am surprised just how many people also mistake the Indian myna for our noisy miner birds too. Noisy miners are native, honey eater family and also rather aggressive to other birds, but nobody seems to complain about them.
I work on the theory that everybody eats something and we just need to live together and accept that life is survival of the fittest.