The writer of this post has had to remove about a dozen nests from two adjoining properties . No sooner had he removed one , than the impudent birds flew next door and began quickly building a new nest there .
It was like being under attack ; clamber out of bed in the morning , look outside, and there were Indian Mynahs constructing another blankety blank nest on a conditioner that had been cleared several times the day before, each time raising a sweat . Warm weather caused a smoke alarm to go off in one residence .
Indian Mynahs were introduced in Australia in 1880 to control insect pests and are now one of the most common and invasive species in eastern Australia , a threat to native birds. A member of the Starling family , they have even been declared Australia's most hated animal in surveys.
