Just wondering if anyone can help me out with the name of the tree that is currently attracting so many common mynors. It has been planted by the council I assume many years ago, front yard of a public housing block, a huge tree, with a trunk of over 2 and a half metres wide, currently with pale pinkish berries.
Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth. Do you mean feral Common or Indian Mynahs or Mynas as distinct from the Australian Noisy Miner?
There are several trees that I'm aware of which have pink berries. Any chance of photos of the tree, its foliage & the berries or even flowers?
And what would be the location of this tree?
Yes, I mean the Common Mynors, although there are a lot of noisy miners around here as well, they are not in this tree. I will try to photograph it. There are no flowers, and I'm in the inner west Sydney. It is very like a morton bay fig, in size and in the way the roots are above ground (not aerial roots though).
(Sorry, miss spelling of myna)
Thanks
elizabeth
When i try to add a photo it is always too big. I am still in the process of learning how to make smaller. I did do it once, but it hasn't worked again.
elizabeth
In what way it is too big? Does it not allow you to post it once uploaded? Or does it not allow you to upload it all?
It depends on what you are uploading from. If you use a windows computer, it comes with a program called paint which you can use the resize button to make it smaller. Ideally, create a second copy first so it doesn't overwrite your original file. If you are uploading from something else, I don't have a clue. If you have flickr, you could embed from there
Amateur- images need to be below 500KB
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Where's that from? The photos I uploaded earlier were >500kb, unless there's some way to directly upload from pc into a post that I'm missing?
Yes I was using that resize button, but then began getting an error message. I was just using the upload button for attachments at the end of the post Amateur.
I think maybe the tree is a port jackson fig anyway. The common mynahs love it, and not another bird in sight.
elizabeth
Oh I see, I never realised there was a way to upload directly into a post. Mind telling what error message you were getting?
Well I had another go and the error message didn't come up, and i don't remember it, but I'm still having a bit of trouble with the resizing option. Will keep trying. I haven't bothered before, because i don't have a camera, and i do use my phone, but its hopeless for birds, no zoom function.
elizabeth
Common Mynas utilise a communal roosting tree (or substititue structure e.g. underneath a bridge). Starlings also seem to share their roosts, occasionally Rainbow Lorikeets do too.
tree species does not seem to be particularly critical provided it has a dense canopy, i've seen them roosting in Lophostemon, syzygium and cypresses.
this nocturnal proclivity and associated vocalisations and waste are a source of some domestic noise and mess complaints to councils, and also makes their congregation sites favoured hunting grounds for local Hobbies.