Story: Introduced land birds All images & media From page 1 – Introducing birds George and Mary Cooper House sparrow Distribution of introduced birds Dates of bird introductions Bird auction advertisement From page 2 – Pigeons and doves Pigeons in Wellington Pigeongram service dovecote (1st of 2) Pigeon-post stamps (2nd of 2) Spotted dove From page 3 – Cockatoos and rosellas Chico the cockatoo Distribution of sulphur-crested cockatoos, galahs and eastern rosellas Eastern rosella From page 4 – Little owls Little owl Little owl with dead thrush From page 5 – Kookaburras Kookaburra Distribution of kookaburras From page 6 – Australian magpies Nesting white-backed magpies Footrot Flats cartoon From page 7 – Rooks Rooks Distribution of rooks Aerial rook control From page 8 – Blackbirds and song thrushes Male and female blackbirds Song thrush feeding chicks Rat in a thrush nest From page 9 – Starlings and mynahs Male starling Starling chicks Starlings at dusk Mynah Distribution of mynahs From page 10 – Skylarks Skylark feeding chicks Skylark eggs Young skylark From page 11 – House sparrows Male house sparrow Female house sparrow Sparrow food (1st of 2) Little owl food (2nd of 2) The sparrow pest From page 12 – Finches Male chaffinch Female chaffinch Female greenfinch Goldfinch feeding chicks Redpoll From page 13 – Other small passerines Yellowhammer with chicks Cirl bunting Dunnock Distribution of cirl bunting and dunnock
