Travelcompanion: an angry bird with a matching moustache

- Those birds can serious ravage a house, an ozzie travelling with me casually mentioned, pointing at the cupious amounts of mynah around us at breakfast.

The Mynah-birds were in abundance during my travels in Fiji, and later in Oz. These smart and naughty starlings have close to no restrictions on what they are able to do to get fed. They live well of the food people have, and sometimes they even let us finished our part of the meal before they started eating the remains.

Or, simply do to enjoy themselves. My Brisbane-friends warning I took to heart, especially after one of these birds came strolling into my hut in Kuata Island. He was walking with the confidence of a proprietor inspecting his newly acquired house.

This jungle mynah lacks the yellow eye mask of the common mynah, but have this feather mustache instead. It origins from India, but has followed the people migrating from there into the rest of Asia, Pacific and Zealandia. In the Pacific they were introduced as a natural pest and insect controller in the sugar cane plants.

Photo: Jungle myna, #Acridotheres #fuscus, with Nikon D300/Nikkor 70-200 mm.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_myna

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Just missed the morning worm

I give you a very angry one-legged morning bird, who did *not* get the worm...arrrh.

The common myna-bird have this yellow mask, making him look like a crook from a cartoon.

Of course it had to be a one legged pirate-version of them.

This one and partner lived at the roof of my hut, bure, in Kuata Island. Since they are some noisy b**tards, I was sure to be waken at sunrise when the couple decided the day had begun. It was like living with a duo of very unpleasant alarm clocks.

This morning he looked particularly grumpy and angry. And to get a good shot of him was a great start of the day for me. So I forgave him for waking me up early.

The Mynah-bird originates in India, but has followed humans intentionally out to most of Asia, Oceania and Zealandia. Aggressive and highly adaptable to new environments like urban areas, it is one of the most invasive species in the world. In some countries like Oz they are considered a biohazard and a threat to local fauna.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_myna

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