Belly

Inclined to agree with Ludwig here, which is why I suggested on planting FOR indigenous fauna rather than over worrying about Indian Mynahs. Where I am, there are actually more native birds than exotic, and I believe this is about the natural environment more than anything else.

'Green' doesn't necessarily mean back to grass huts, it simply means living WITH the environment, recycling, researching plant species that are endemic to your local area.

And limiting the biggest pest this planet has ever witnessed - us. Or the planet will do it for us.

http://fennerschool-associated.anu.edu.au/myna/problem.html
This link is one of many thousands available.
Please read long march, one picked at random but it is telling.
I underline its telling of the impacts on natives.
And my garden 32 three meter bottle brush trees.
Weeping type along with ferns fruits and bulbs it was home for every native.
My blue tail finches are dead red tits are too.
What surprises me most, is while thousands of pages exist, full of stories about them, few here seem to have become victims of them.
Note while a random selection it is by chance A product of the ANU.

Belly

I posted the original link to the ANU, with the hope that you would read further. Thank you.

I am aware of the introduction of Indian Mynahs along with many other introduced species, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make here, by posting a link from what I have already provided for you and any other interested people.

I have mentioned on other posts that I have a background in environmental science - that doesn't mean I know everything, but it does give me a good foundation from which to discover more.

My last post was to engage you in thinking beyond the stereotype of 'Green'. I can only conclude I failed to convey my meaning to you. Maybe Ludwig can explain better than I.

Ammonite wrote:

<< 'Green' doesn't necessarily mean back to grass huts, it simply means living WITH the environment, recycling, researching plant species that are endemic to your local area. >>

Yes. Being green means first and foremost realising the urgency of developing a sustainable existence and being involved in attaining it. It also means living with the environment. Part of that is to appreciate that our environment has dramatically changed and that all manner of changes are here to stay.

We’ve got to live with feral species and just accept them as part of the new ecological paradigm, except where they are both particularly bad and realistically controllable!

Belly, you say:

<< My blue tail finches are dead red tits are too. >>

You are presumably referring to native birds in your garden. I guess you mean blue-tailed fairy wrens (variegated and/or superb fairy wrens) and ?? red-browed finches, which have a prominent red rump in flight ??

Then you say:

<< What surprises me most, is while thousands of pages exist, full of stories about them, few here seem to have become victims of them. >>

Do you mean that, contrary to the large amount of literature espousing the negative impacts of mynas, you have actually noticed very few native birds becoming victims of them?

Thanks Ludwig

All of which means by planting indigenous flora creates an environment closer to what was originally available and gives our native fauna more of a chance.

Having said that, I was just outside shooing off a pair of foxes from my neighbour's chicken coop. One really stood its ground until I got closer. Will warn neighbour later when I see them.

Ferals such as foxes hold a higher priority for control than do Indian Mynahs.