I'm not surprised you got a big response from the Gove dept mate , they have actually culled these birds in a certain area because of their aggressive nature.
In nature it either survives or doesn't , nature doesn't pick winners .
I'm not surprised you got a big response from the Gove dept mate , they have actually culled these birds in a certain area because of their aggressive nature.
In nature it either survives or doesn't , nature doesn't pick winners .
dom14 (25th November 2017)
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Little birdie is not moving under the bush, so I reckon the old folks have either given up or moved on thinking he/she made it. Looks like another damn rescue operation for me at the expense of my time that I need badly right now to get some work done. Damn... I wish these useless government rescue organizations have more resources to deal with things like this.
Do you guys know a local rescue organization or an individual that I can drop the bird for care while it's recovering to fly and take care of itself??!!
I've got way way too much on my plate right now to raise a little bird.
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It looks like either it went fantastically right or went horribly wrong.
I just went outside to grab some welding gear and came back, and the squeaker was still there. Then the sky starting growling and started some mock rain and I went to check on the squeaker to bring it in, but it was gone. I just saw a pair of miners with another one flying from tree to tree. Either they called it back into the trees, the girl across the road took the bird to a vet or nature took care of it as a snack. Either way, not my problem anymore.
I'm back to my welding folks.
I've got enough chit going on as it is, so bird caring is not on my plate at the moment, so it went well I reckon.
Good experience though. Now, I know they aren't doing all that bad, at least in this area.
Global (S)warming is working in favour of these critters I reckon.
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Hey Dom14
We call them flying rats up here in Sunny Qld .
Obviously you've got enough of them to make lot of noise there.
Here they are not that common I think, at least not in the areas I grew up.
The invasive Indian Mynah is doing well on the other hand.
I may be wrong, I think the warming up of southern states are helping some bird species.
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BTW folks, WIRES in Victoria is basically the Wild Life Victoria. They don't deal with anything of this nature unless the animal is injured.
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@dom14 Try RSPCA, as they may know of a wild life carer around the place. Another way to find out, is to Google wild life carers in the area that you live in.
dom14 (26th November 2017)
Thanx for the tip mate.
Few years ago I saved a Kookaburra that I found in the middle of the road on Mount Dandenong road during my bike rides.
I took the critter all the way home and kept him over night as he wasn't moving at all.
Next day I called Wild Life Victoria and they responded courteously & sent me to local carer when I refused to take the critter
to a vet(I suspected they would simply kill him as most of them can't be bothered).
Now the funding for them has been cut, so they are pretty cranky on the phone.
The carer took the kookaburra in and explained to me it was simply recovering from a concussion.
It still had plenty of energy and I had to keep my fingers away from those massive beaks 'cos I was trying to get hold
of my fingers.
Basically what happened was he was dive bombing on another bird or a rat in the middle of the road and miscalculated & end up hitting the road. It was just sitting on the middle of the road, and 'cos of the speed I was going down the hill
I couldn't stop my pushbike for another good fifty meters or so. I basically had to dodge getting run over by a truck to save
the critter 'cos all the vehicles were driving over the bird while avoiding running it over as it was right in the middle of the road.
A truckie gave me quite a scream for stupidly running into the middle of the road for trying to save the critter.
Only regret was that I forgot to document it through video.
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Few more mods on the way
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/tiger
https://www.panthera.org/
Cheetah Outreach
Bush Ranger (27th November 2017)
Looks like a wattle bird. I saved one from certain death from a Currawong. I made a nest from my hard hat and it stayed there until the parents found it.
Yes they are bloody agressive birds too. My cat can't go anywhere out side without being attacked. He just ignores them now.
Watching the wattle birds chase crows is funny.
Seems to me they are territorial birds too. We have the same two which pretty much fly from corner to corner of our block.
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