Aggressive pests!

This picture about says it all, I think! Indian Mynas, introduced by some twit 1n 1860, are multiplying rapidly across eastern Australia, including my neighbourhood, killing or forcing out native birds and mammals.

They are very aggressive, intelligent, quick, and hardy - a formidable foe to conservationists.

I notice that where there are no indigenous trees or shrubs, there are many Mynas and no other birds. They seem especially fond of the sterile kind of "garden" currently in fashion, which has large areas of concrete or tiles, surrounded by a very limited range of exotic plants arranged in rigid rows.