Saturday 3 January 2009

an education in birds

The brown and yellow birds are indian Myna birds- they can imitate other birds calls , sounds and human speech. They are an invasive species, not native to australia and they are considered a pest. The turkeyheron birds are Australian white ibises, and they are also considered a pest, as they like to pick at rubbish dumps, terrorize people's picnics and steal food, rather like seagulls, haha. Apparently feeding them makes them worse. Well, I had one nibbling cheese doritos out of my hand today, and found him to be impeccably well mannered and genteel. The magpie birds are...magpies. They are just nice. We like them.
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