I didn't know they're invasive. In Singapore when I was a child people kept them as pets and taught them to talk.
> On 15 Mar 2018, at 15:22, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > On a lighter note, they seem to appreciate the finer things in life, often > making deposits on luxury cars. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Subash Jeyan > Sent: 15 March, 2018 4:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: common myna > > thanks Ann, Dan, Alan and Jostein.... > > i knew them to be chatty and aggressive birds, but did not know they > were among the "worst 100" invasive species (what Alan says > corroborates that). i'd like to think of myself as an > equal-opportunities photographer but i think one has to make a stand > somewhere. no more common mynas :) > > ~subash > > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:51:28 +0100 > Jostein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The photo make them look like gangster birds! :-) >> Just did a quick read-up on them (aka wikipedia and IUCN), and found >> that they are considered to be among the "worst 100" of invasive >> species world wide. >> So, I'd say your photo do them fair justice! :-) >> >> Jostein > >> > https://500px.com/photo/249351733/common-myna-by-subash-jeyan > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
