Indian Myna pest control in Canberra (A Current Affair)

[@johann.9271]

Here in my neighbourhood in a small town in South Africa, we used to have beautiful indigenous birds everywhere. That's until the Mynas moved in. Now they are the ONLY birds around. I've seen them kicking out indigenous birds from their nests, forming groups and attacking any migrating indigenous birds. They now completely dominate our area. I am a keen bird watcher (amateur) and professional environmental scientist by profession. Thanks to the Canberra Myna Action Group (and their trap plans), I have carefully built a trap to South African standards (just finished today). I will tie in some water and food tomorrow and then put it out to see if it works here... For record sake, I will record each one caught and euthanised (with details). I will submit the plans to our local authorities for approval - if successful. We are not allowed to fire any weapon (even air rifles) in residential areas. So I've been frustrated out of my mind on how to control these pests. Now that my trap is complete, I can't wait to see how well it works. A big thanks to the Canberra Myna Action Group! Aussies care about these type of things... I wish more people here would take this kind of initiative.

[@wingsofsuspensionlifts6814]

start decimating them... its so fucking bad here in Australia... even the magpies are struggling now.

[@CraftyZA]

Johan. I've got a roost to the north and south of me. How did that trap work out?

[@CraftyZA]

@@wingsofsuspensionlifts6814 PCP air rifles at 12J does the job nicely. IN SA it is not legal everywhere. We are not allowed to use them in built up areas. But if you find an open area, and you have the land owners permission, you can go to town on them. Plant a few decoys, and and have some myna sounds play on repeat. Leave the fallen where they are. Mynas are smart. Very smart. By they are curious. The will come to investigate. You will be busy for 4 hours plus.

[@ChristinaHove]

How are you Mr Johan can you please show me the trap you used for indian mynas

[@toku58]

Do you have detailed designs for the traps? Also what do you use to attract the minah's and not the other species of birds?

[@ingridpempeit1180]

Use dried cat food or dried dog food... this will target myna birds and not most others. Also by using proper trap larger birds like magpies which may eat cat food can't enter the trap as door too small . Designs can be googled. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4K0p3-khLNqeas

[@burningsociety]

We've started a campaign in the illawarra now as well :D I'm upto 17birds in 2 weeks.. going strong

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

Just attended firearms safety course, and got me Gamo Elite, will do what i can, where i can reach, here in Melbourne VIC. (We all have to do something, and i am not just talking, im doing now, as well).

[@mr.melontoyou]

@@_OZAV_Intnl that’s what I like to see mate 🎉

[@remoman]

0:32 is a native Noisy Miner not an Indian Myna

[@mickcarson8504]

LOL. They made a mistake.

[@mitchie747]

NO IT IS A PEST THE NATIVE MINOR IS A PEST IT HARAASSES OTHER BIRDS. IT ALSO ATTACKED ME AND FLEW AT MY FACE I ALMOST GOT CAUGHT IN THE EYE

[@vincentprice9156]

The Myna in Australia is like the Damn Starling here in the U.S. I Hate them! They destroy my Purple Martins nests! They destroy everything!

[@foryoureyesonly7186]

Hi can some post a link with the trap design.

[@williambyast7791]

Cronulla Mall is a Great place for sharing your Table with these lovely birds!

[@jasonevans977]

Why aren't we having a 2 dollar bounty in Victoria on these aggreesive birds? Qld has a bounty. Gippsland is infested and Rosellas, Galahs ect are getting fewer and fewer 😢

[@ingridpempeit1180]

... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4K0p3-khLNqeas

[@jasonevans977]

@@ingridpempeit1180 already seen 😉 Hate them with a passion now. Attacking my baby chickens and stealing there food. Grrrr lol

[@mitchie747]

The indian myna is not agressive nor is it a pest. Here in Victoria they are beautiful nice and intelligent birds. I am sorry that they are stealing the food , they are hungry and need food!. As for the NOIST NATIVE MINER bird which is Grey and has a yellow beak, is a pest and gets a free pass because it is a "native " or "indigenous " bird. Fucking pathetic. The Indian myna bird is no longer a pest and PEOPLE NEEED TO STOP SHAMING THEM FOR NO REASON THEY DO NO HARM THEY ARE CUTE FRIENDLY AND SMART BIRDS BUT THE NOISY NATIVE MINER NEEDS TO BE CULLED.

[@jasonevans977]

@@mitchie747 I think you are mistaken the Indian minor with the Australian minor 😉 The indian minor was introduced where as the Australian minor was not. Have a google 👍

[@smurfun]

Unfortunately when you put a bounty on pests people breed them to cash in.

[@ingridpempeit1180]

I bought a myna bird trap online and cleared up all the myna birds I could (14) and a few other people in the neighborhood have done the same. I will keep my trap (loaned it out to friend who caught over 25) for when any turn up in future. Have enjoyed the singing of the native birds which have bounced back in number over the last year!

[@pandasushi5795]

What did you do to them ?

[@ianharrd]

im buying one of those traps only cause guns are illegal! so my question is how do you kill them once you've caught them? drown or feed to cat alive lol ?

[@dimitrischrysostomou172]

take it, cut its head off, fry it and eat it (i dont know if its eatable) lol

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

Destroy the brain, soon as possible first, so it doesn'tsuffer, just like: with Zombies.

[@lQuadXl]

ianharrd Use a can of deodorant and a lighter. Gives me flashbacks of 'Nam.. 🔥🚿🍶💃

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

You NEED to destroy the Brain, soon as possible, any way you can, so the critter does NOT suffer. Drawning is a quick way, and good, as - you don't have to be there, once you put it in the bucket of water and cover the top with a glass, or similar cover...you can than turn away, and go for coffee, without feeling any guilt: it's a Vermin, and that is a Vermin destiny, no matter you kill it, or me, or someone else...just cover and do NOT look the further process of drawning...They are best to dispose by throwing into water of your local creek, for their being to properly reset, and body to decompose safely for the community. don't feed to a Cat, or so, it ads you a bad karma, but to kill Vermin as described. or some quicker way: adds you a good karma (and - there is no middle ground, it's a war, they are costing our dollar strength, by a few billion $ per year in various damages) Do not be fooled by small and cute looks :)

[@XxXMidnightblackXxX]

godBotherer1 They are if you don't have a licence

[@BigBollocks123]

I wish I’d had this trap 20 years ago in Sydney.

[@mr.melontoyou]

Mate their takin over Melbourne Can’t even sit and drink a beer can’t even hear your friends talking!

[@deeleonard4175]

How do I get plans for this trap please?

[@ingridpempeit1180]

Google it

[@ingridpempeit1180]

If anyone out there is good at making traps then sell them at markets. The more traps and public awareness in the community the better.

[@mr.melontoyou]

Cbf sitting there making ‘em hard work but catch and kill I will 🔫 the wires very stiff. They sell em at Mornington men’s shed. For $75 but if you make em I’ll buy em mate!

[@aviada7013]

were can i buy a trap

[@ingridpempeit1180]

Just go on ebay or google it.

[@FalconfromRF]

The problem is actually is not in mynas, some native birds just can't live well in human-transformed habitat of Australia. Mynas, pigeons, sparrows and some well-adaptable native birds like lorikeets, noisy miners, red wattebirds, "magpies" can, and they even become there more common. Mynas just can live in areas, thare most native birds can't, but this is not their guilt.

[@BenHelweg]

Other birds don't terrorise the offspring of natives like these do.

[@moatguy4471]

0:32 That's the native noisy miner.

[@user-im9eu1hk7q]

oh no how dare we steal animals habitat and then complain when they fight back

[@ashwin8722]

Hell TKT Booked for them

[@lzw3]

The common myna is not native to Australia, it was introduced here by humans and destroys native ecosystems. It is sad, but that's the reality. If you really do care about animal habitats, you will understand that the best thing for them to continue existing is to have mynas euthanised

[@ingridpempeit1180]

.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4K0p3-khLNqeas

[@henryk6979]

what trap do i buy?

[@muthuandmuthu1]

In India, we have been living with mynas for all these years and never had issues like this video shows. We have all other birds still living alongside! It's You peoples invasion of the other birds habitat has made those birds to look elsewhere for survival. Sick humans complaining nature after destroying the native birds natural habitat. Well, of-course mynas are well adapted to citys and towns and other species may not.

[@hoedjevanpapier-si1gg]

Guys i think the emos and the myna birds are going to team up

[@definitelynotsolidsnake]

yeah but at least the emos dont squawk abnoxiously outside my window every morning at 8am

[@Phoenix.Sparkles]

they just had to mess with the one species that can actually fight back

[@Ray-xb5fp]

Make it country wide save the native birds

[@ingridpempeit1180]

Go on www.feralscan.org.au to help pinpoint where sighted myna birds are around Australia to increase awareness of the problem.

[@SPORTSCOB]

I never stated that actually. ALso what I am trying to say is that someone should probably come up with a better way to control the population of this species, not just by picking them off one by one and running them in carbon dioxide for 3 minutes in an air tight container/bag. It just seems very unfair. And I have seen spotted doves, noisy miners, rock doves and suplhur crested cockatoos getting along just fine with Indian mynas in my backyard. They don't mind eachothers company while feeding.

[@rallyworld3417]

I'm india it's banned to pet these bird cuz it's in danger can you believe

[@walkman7191]

This is complete nonsense, as the Common Myna is only found in parts of far-eastern Australia, so (most Australians would class the Fox as the most hated feral species and second place would be the Cane Toad).The part where they say how they caused the eviction of Kookaburras is a complete joke, as Kookaburras are very agressive and woud have no trouble killing the Mynas. Finally, if one was to do the most recent research, they would find that it's the native Noisy Miner @0:32 that'a causing all the damage to other native birds, and ironically it was Canberra where the research took place.

[@You-kb2yv]

www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-14/native-noisy-miners-cause-more-damage-than-introduced-species/5964328

[@braveindian4870]

Real Indian Mynas are very mild

[@SPORTSCOB]

What happens to the Indian Mynas that people see? They are shot or killed or tortured in inhumane manners. Indian mynas attacking other birds. People attack other people quite often aswell and don't get killed for it. All I am trying to say that is Indian mynas should be given a fair go and it isn't their fault that they were introduced. Australia is a hypocrite in itself and if they think Indian mynas are overpopulating, then check the growth of Australia's popultaion and that of the worlds (^)

[@zodiac6968]

Get off the drugs ya' fool.

[@jamescook3297]

Good stuff

[@jyetraval6722]

Omfg😂 they put a gunshot sound over the air rifle that guy shot, and he actually faked recoil

[@madhinduofhindustan4104]

These mynas are cutee but only for us Indians for other places they are exotic 🤔

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

...and, good one, Tracey...at least someone dares to say publicly how bad it is...

[@Slepho]

they dont? so our natives deserved to but not the mynas? right

[@brogabrerian]

My friend has one found it when it was a baby . He can talk like a parrot now

[@SPORTSCOB]

unfair it is. and what did they ever do to us? its not like they killed us or picked up guns in tehir beak and massacred us, thats a totally different story but that's how they are making it sound like they did. Thanks to everyone who has read these comments and just think about it. Indian mynas don't deserve to die.

[@SPORTSCOB]

and them carrying diseases, a lot of people carry diseases that are far more deadly than the ones the Indian Mynas carry and what happens to people with diseases? They get treated in hospitals. What happens to Indian Mynas with diseases? They get inhumanely trapped and killed. Indian Mynas were brought in from overseas and have poulated here. A lot of people have also migrated from overseas and populated here. What happens to those people? nothing. They are free to live and walk around (^)

[@fafa201944]

Thanks 'maxh771'... I will keep persevering with my trap it is really well made, I bought it on e-bay, I have added a mirror to the bird-trap to let them think their reflection is another bird in the trap , I hope it works!!, I live in melb Vic.

[@incircleperfector]

Mynahs have unique abilities, they are smart, have speaking abilities, they are among best worldwide accepted pets, have warm heart to communicate like dogs and read the mind so amazingly, they get attached to their owners, *highly adaptive to human life, *great friends for children, lonely women, lonely men and lonely old men and women, so active, energetic, cute and curious and so much more. Please stop killing them for pest control they are Nature's gifts to us! If you have a problem on universe maybe you can find "Thousand Ways" to deal with it. But most of the time the first and easiest way is not the best one to repeat all the time. An idea is, when they are pests for an area 'we use their special, positive, useful abilities for our lives'. Older Mynahs can easily catched at great numbers via special cages and stored in an wide special area to transfered to jungles, cities or countries who their ecology really needs this bird family or lacks the bird amount, or islands with few animals or birds to get rich. Young babies can collected from nests(hard) or produced in that special place to use for 'old men and women home', imagine everyone has one to enjoy the life, the better life quality, or other children or specially lonely people at economic price and a bit public advertising and speaking words contest to increase demand or to export with high quality mark, so making new jobs and money for the area. Please do everything you can, every creative possible *ideas to save their beautiful souls.

[@ingridpempeit1180]

...🤣🤣🤣

[@syedanisuzzaman2286]

Pest are pet. They can even talk.

[@SPORTSCOB]

Mynas attacking a child. WOW. Newsflash, there is quite a lot of this happening around the world. There are people who attack children, people who kidnap children and at the very least, they get charged and have to go through a trialing period but no, they don't get executed for that. One person looks at an Indian Myna and goes "holy crap, its going to poo on my backyard, better kill it". And another example, them fouling up homes with smells, look around you, people foul up areas and (cont ^ )

[@lordanderson8090]

get off the nosebeers

[@ianharrd]

this is what we should be able to do lol... type this in you tube (Indian Mynah Bird Pest Control with Air Rifle )

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

Just attended firearms safety course, and got me Gamo Elite, will do what i can, where i can reach, here in Melbourne VIC. (We all have to do something, and i am not just talking, im doing now, as well).

[@johnmoyle4195]

Need to get cracking with traps in Lithgow. We’ve been invaded.

[@ingridpempeit1180]

... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4K0p3-khLNqeas

[@mickcarson8504]

Of course they are pests by intelligence. How do you think they will compete with native birds? I had 2 cherry tree and a couple other fruit trees and a persimmon in my small backyard. Each year their fruits were punched in by Mynas beaks and left to rot before they were fully ripe. And by the time the fruit were ripe, hardly any left. Rotten fruits were then finished by European Wasps, so many that these soon built nests in any nooks and crannies found in the vicinity, even in neighbours' properties. First I decided to try a tedious work of placing nets over the trees, but the Mynas are clever, they are able to find little opening under the trees to get in. And the problem was not resolved unless those openings were closed. Not happy with leaving the fruit alone, the Mynas climbed on the nets and attack the fruit closer to the nets. And the Wasp then would feast on the damaged fruit. Since I had no knowledge on how to eradicate these pests, nor could end the Wasp invasion each summer, I had decided to chop all trees and turning my once lovely green backyard into a dried out patch of sun baked and weedy dirt. Before the Mynas got to know about the fruit trees, there was hardly any of these birds around 15 years ago. Now they are everywhere and moving with the urban housing explosion. Even my 4 friendly Magpies are helping me out by bomb diving on Mynas. Today, I see only a few around my area. But, wait till I replant new Cherry trees, then watch the nightmare start again. I dare not plant any. In the park in front on my home, Mynas and Noisy Miners are constantly fighting over nests and foods. So, Mynas are an introduced pests and should be eradicated. A more serious pest is the house cat. Not necessarily a cat's fault but their owners let them out at night, with hundreds of cats every 5 kilometres, an indication of a human irresponsibility on owning a cat, causing a plague. In my property cats pass by, tripping security lights, video alarm, urinate everywhere, even the front door, car wheels, plants, etc., sending off a pungent smell. Yet, the problem is still the same with irresponsible owners letting them out at night. Most cats have collars.

[@Gday37]

Saw mynas chasing a cockatoo today ;(

[@HassanThelander]

3:00 get dat money bill

[@sa_mtira]

These lil'devils are so annoying, so annoying😤!

[@SPORTSCOB]

If you want to read my comments, read them from the comment furthest down all the way up

[@Rabbitoh72]

I got a similar trap to this a couple of years ago. Not 1 bird went into it the smart lil bastards. The problem has gotten alot worse since then I'm at my wit's end. Trying to bait them they're too smart to eat the bait. They win

[@ingridpempeit1180]

... try these ideas kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4K0p3-khLNqeas

[@Rabbitoh72]

@@ingridpempeit1180 Thankyou Ingrid. I purchased a trap off eBay made by the Men's She'd. It has worked an absolute treat in catching the lil buggers. I have the mirror set up and food at the entrance and on top. Works a treat! 🙂

[@definitelynotsolidsnake]

Your not wrong about hated, Look ok, I LOVE Birds, love them But these birds are just annoying, Every morning for the past 8 years just constant loud squawking hitting the window, Yeah but thats not it, their fking relentless, they dont stop and go "Oh theres a window there", no they keep sitting on the fence and flying into to the window until giving up and now recently ones found this ventilation shaft thing outside (because theres a vent in my room) It sits there every morning at 8-9am, squawking loudly, use to get swooped whenever I went outside my backyard because theres a massive tree, man im sorry for venting but there jsut annoying and now that I decided to find out the name of the birds I hate them even more

[@ingridpempeit1180]

.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4K0p3-khLNqeas

[@sgtgewartsmith7992]

sorry at 0.32 the bird isa native Noisy Myna. and please all you bloody bleeding heart all god's creatures types, think of these vermin as cane toads or foxes or rabbits or blackberry

[@FalconfromRF]

I think if they have established in the area, they are here to stay. But, of course, it not need to release them (and it is need to prevent escape from captivity) in areas, which have rare, range-restricted species of cavity-nesting birds and frugivorous passerines.

[@ingridpempeit1180]

They were established in my street and now I have caught and exterminated them all.Others in my neighbourhood have done the same I am proud to say. Been Myna bird free for nearly a year. I will keep my cage and if in the future any more venture my way it will be "hast la vista" to them as well.

[@maka1685]

whats the best poison to use on them.

[@ingridpempeit1180]

.. best to catch and exterminate them kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4K0p3-khLNqeas

[@maxh771]

Yeah they are awful! There are some much better traps out there if you're interested, and they are virtually fool (and mynah) proof... hope you can eradicate them from your area!

[@LtVax27]

Haha I love these birds up here in Townsville

[@azgirl777]

Too cute - love the wombat! :)

[@coolice8669]

Send that myna to me

[@stecherization]

jalak nias

[@fafa201944]

Great video! I hate myna birds!! they foul my dogs drinking water, they crap on my dogs sleeping blankets after eating some type of black berry that stains the blankets, and they have given my pet chickens lice, the have also taken charge of my backyard and are very noisy and bad tempered and frightened the the native birds away, ps They also shit on the clean washing on the clothesline so my wife hates them too. I bought a bird-trap for them but they are to smart to go in it.

[@pfrench1660]

these are the most hated pests? well come fix our pig and wild dog probs if ya that good.

[@dirtrider1244]

Shut up

[@tzatziki1843]

The irony of white Australians being upset about a bird being where it "doesn't belong" and "destroying native populations". ;)

[@joshuataylor6087]

+Mark Robins You're laughing your ass off because you're a yokel that doesn't have a brain. The jokes on you.

[@joshuataylor6087]

***** Wow, that's scary, you're too illiterate to construct a sentence and can only write in initialisms. Even an Indian myna is capable of speaking a sentence.

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

...the damages that Mynah makes are made - to ALL populations of Australia: they eat the VALUE OF our DOLLAR, as we speak. Have a nice day.

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

...and, when the value of your country Dollar is 70 cnt, of what can be say 80 - that's not LMAO any more is it ?

[@drfill9210]

They are invasive, yes, but it's not their fault. I can't bring myself to get rid of them any more than I could get rid of humans

[@mathewferstl7042]

we made the problem, now it's our responsivity to fix it. Man up and just catch them. You can take them to the vet to be euthanised for you, and it's painless for the birds

[@Slepho]

yeah instead of humanely killing them they should be caught and taken to seminars on how to get along with other birds and be done with their evil ways

[@dinogalvagno4809]

This is racist.

[@UfoAlien8]

DON'T KILL THAM JUST GIVE TO CAMBODIA THEY NEED