Indian mynah birds

23 years ago

Is there a way to get rid of these pests - other than shooting? Not allowed to do that in town! They have destroyed all the fruit on my trees and are now into the tomatoes. Not even the parrots beat them this year!

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Marie_K
23 years ago
I didn't think we had Indian mynah birds in SA? I hope they're not on their way here!
Giacomo
23 years ago
Of all the introduced birds pests, indian mynahs are the absolute worst. Even worse than filthy starlings and shitty sparrows and pigeons. Mynahs will go out of their way to displace native birds, chasing them out of their environment and stealing their nests. They have taken over the whole east coast, right up to the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Kill them on sight. Give no mercy.
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Hi Guys Japie Loveley sunset! We had similar little guys in Port Elizabeth when I lived there....Cape dwarf chameleons? The colours were slightly different.....Here (KZN province) the introduced pest, the Indian mynah bird has decimated our local chameleon species...though I have had a few in my garden the "bush" is thick enough and green enough to hide them very well. Now see pic below....I had a visitor of my own...LOL
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JonOl_S
23 years ago
Because of various bird pests, mynahs, starlings and blackbirds particularly we now cover all our vegie patch with the anti-bird netting. If any of them happen to find a way in under it they will not be able to do it again.
We have found also that it keeps cats and some of the other pests away from the plants, eg. white cabbage moth.
John
Bryan_FGS
23 years ago
They come in and eat our dogs biscuits and paint the concrete area near his bowl, and walk all over our awning waking us up. I HATE them, I tried putting a seperate bowl of dog biscuits on our roof with rat bait mixed in. The next day when I checked it they had eaten everything except the rat bait. They laugh at us too when they make that stupid noise.
wattle
23 years ago
There is a novel by Bryce Courtney (Mathew Flinders Cat) in how he gets rid of Indian Mynah's
Make friends with them and then proceed to place one rat poison pellet in a small pieces of bread and feed them daily and daily and daily.
Stewart_thestevenamily_co_uk
15 years ago
IndianMyna's are wrecking my thatch and driving other birds away. How can I get rid of them.
jmdancearts_hotmail_com
15 years ago
HELP please! We're being invaded by Indian Mynas - is there somewhere in SA that is monitoring this invasion and cna offer advice please? I'd like to get a trap... that are trying to drive away parrots and other birds. Any suggestions welcome!
spunty4_hotmail_com
15 years ago
This website gives great info and plans for making traps...

Here is a link that might be useful: Indian Myna Bird Project website
david_temby_gmail_com
15 years ago
In the Eastern suburbs of Adelaide I see lots of mynahs - but it turned out they are native birds (noisy mynahs), not Indian mynahs. Although these birds too seem quite aggressive, I do not know whether they share all the other reported bad behaviour of Indian mynahs, so it may be good to bear in mind if you are considering any action against them. The ANU website below has pictures of both the native and introduced birds.

Here is a link that might be useful: ANU - Identifying Mynahs

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