Mynas and corellas

THE mynas, plus their recently fledged chicks, are around in West Creek Park by the hundreds.

As a result, the blue wrens and other small birds have been chased away by the ever bossy mynas. So logically it seems that it’s time to get the traps out again and do away with some.

No loss as they are invaders from India and do more harm to our native species than they do good.

Secondly corellas. They aren’t native to the Downs but have, over the years with land clearing and drought in the west migrated east and have made their home here to the detriment of our region, and they can be noisy, destructive little beggars.

They chew on and destroy many things, eg wrapped power lines, which sadly for them can and often does lead to electrocution. They often chew at the fittings on roof mounted antennas. It’s just their nature to chew.

There are a few sulphur crested cockies around too, after the seeds on the pine trees. However they are locals and will drift away again soon.

Regarding the article in The Chronicle by Alexia last Saturday re the little corellas that have met their doom by road traffic. Close to 100, so how many are in the area? Likely hundreds and they’ll wipe out the sunflower crops and damage sorghum too.

Farmers can lose large volumes of their crop which they can’t afford after years of drought.

The corellas need to be back in western Qld, their natural home, but that’s not going to happen, and sadly for the farmers there is no solution.

They are Australian native birds and are thus protected.

A permit to do something to control them may be possible, but by the time it got through the system the crop would be long eaten.

It’s like the flying fox situation; nothing we can really do. RAY HARCH, Toowoomba