Major Myna Problem!

Nick doesn't look much like Wile E Coyote but he's hatched a cunning plan and today crafted a trap that certainly looks as if it should have ACME stamped on it!

The myna birds descend on the chookie pen en masse, scoff the girls' food and generally make a huge nuisance of themselves. 

I wasn't surprised to read that in 2005 they were voted Australia's most unpopular feral animal (above cane toads and foxes, which is saying something)!  In 2010 they achieved further notoriety by making the top-100 list of the world's most invasive species.

I'm not expecting the trap to be successful.  So far the would-be quarry have completely avoided the area.  They aren't keen to sample Nick's bait, instead preferring to scoff chook pellets as usual!