Mynas v miners: they might be swooping menaces but they're not all bad

Know your miner from your myner. Both are aggressive in different ways - discover why we're killing one but never the othero Vote for Australia's bird of the yearA kookaburra nestles on my balcony and belts its deliciously rambunctious laugh, like an ape in a zoo. But, mid-cackle, it is interrupted by a series of urgent, high-pitched screams like sirens.Three miner birds flutter in its face, screaming hysterically at it. At first, the kookaburra just gives the unrelenting interlopers an unblinking, nonchalant death stare before eventually giving in and moving on. The miners follow it and chase it out of the neighbourhood. Continue reading...