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	Noisy Miner
		The Noisy Miner is a bold and curious bird.
		Noisy Miners range from northern Queensland along the eastern coast to South Australia and Tasmania.
		The Noisy Miner feeds on nectar, fruits and insects.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/noisy_miner.htm (353 words)

	Noisy Miner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a bird common to the eastern states of Australia.
		Somewhat opportunistic, the Miner will also feed on grains and can be seen foraging in grasslands although its normal habitat is scrub and woodlands.
		Colouration is principally grey, with a lighter grey underneath.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Noisy_Miner (218 words)

	Print Article: Noisy miner's influence felt
		An environmental monster is lurking in the suburban gardens of eastern Australia in the unlikely form of a cute-looking native bird, the noisy miner.
		The noisy miner is spreading fast, aggressively driving other native birds from urban areas, while in rural woodlands, it is being pinpointed as a factor in the decline of many small bird species.
		He said the noisy miner's close relative, the bell miner, is also spreading in Melbourne, moving up the Yarra River and into the Botanic Gardens, and is similarly driving out other native birds from areas it colonises.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/01/31/1043804522023.html (529 words)

	Piper, S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Within noisy miner colonies, the abundance and species richness of other birds were both about half those recorded at nearby transects which were outside the colonies' main activity area.
		Bird species smaller than noisy miners, which are also those with similar diets, were collectively 20-25 times more abundant, and their species richness tenfold greater, outside miner colonies than within them, whereas larger species, which have less dietary overlap, did not differ.
		Aggression by noisy miners can be viewed as a mechanism of interspecific competition, since miners have a relatively large body size for their diet and are hence able to exclude virtually all potential competitors at relatively little cost.
	www.oikos.ekol.lu.se /oikos.101.3.abstracts/12292Piper.htm (328 words)

	Birds in Backyards - Birds Behaving Badly - Noisy Miner
		Noisy Miners are large honeyeaters that live in groups, with each group strongly defending a communal territory.
		Noisy Miners must find food (insects and nectar) within their territories all year round because they are a sedentary species.
		Noisy Miners are increasing in abundance in urban areas, and it has been suggested that the choice of these plants may play a role in this increase.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /feature/birds-behaving-badly-miner.cfm (308 words)

	Print Article: Native tree boom may be miner key to vanishing species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The noisy miner is spreading fast, aggressively driving other native birds from urban areas, while in rural woodlands it has been pinpointed as a factor in the decline of many small bird species.
		Introducing native plants into your garden may be to the detriment of many birds, as the miner's spread has been facilitated by the proliferation of popular flowering trees such as grevilleas and banksias.
		A survey of 900 Sydney gardens in 2000 showed noisy miners to be the third most common species, occurring in 60 per cent of gardens, behind Indian mynas (no relation) and pied currawongs.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/02/02/1044122263332.html (406 words)

	Birds of Rochedale
		Noisy Miners only grow to around 28cm but will attack larger birds such as Kookaburras, resulting in no other birds living in the same area as the Noisy Miners.
		Noisy Miners signal each other with calls by posing and raising or lowering their feathers to hide or show the yellow skin near their eyes.
		Noisy Miners live in woodlands and open forests in Northern Queensland and all along the eastern coast to South Australia and Tasmania.
	www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au /birds/miner.htm (291 words)

	Birds in Backyards - What characteristics of urban gardens influence the distribution and foraging ecology of Noisy ...
		Previous research suggests that the presence of Noisy Miners in gardens is the key factor reducing the abundance of small birds in urban areas.
		A total of 560 minutes of foraging activity was also recorded on 45 Noisy Miners in the same suburbs (but not the same gardens), to determine the relative importance of different foods in their diet.
		Noisy Miners were significantly more common in gardens that contained eucalypts, but they were no more common in gardens with grevilleas, unless those gardens also contained eucalypts.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /about/noisy.cfm (426 words)

	Sightings of the bird: Noisy Miner, (Manorina melanocephala) in the upper Blue Mountains, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I have been viewing all the birds in my area and are unsure of what the miner means when it makes a particular call that makes all the other birds stop completly still and listen, the birds then all fly away into the sky in large masses.
		A noisy minor has fallen from its nest it is 30 degrees today and the bird has no feathers I know it is only about 3days old, thats when I heard them chirping as the nest is in my garage roof and I saw the mum and dad birds fix it.
		Noisy miners have two chicks, the dominant chick drives the less develped one away from the nest.
	www.bluemountains.net /birds/bird.asp?bird_id=134 (2326 words)

	Feedback Online: from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The two species which did most of the mobbing were the noisy miner and the spangled drongo.
		The diet of the noisy miner is mostly nectar and some insects, that of the spangled drongo mostly insects and some nectar.
		Noisy miners live in large family groups, spangled drongos are more solitary birds.
	asab.icapb.ed.ac.uk /exercises/gcse/owl_mobbing.html (928 words)

	2004 Media Releases - News and Events - Marketing and Communications
		But easily identified by their bright yellow bill and legs, pale grey back and white belly, they are Noisy Miners-one of the few native birds to have become serious pests in their own country.
		The concern is that the Noisy Miners may not be eating the range or numbers of insects previously consumed by the displaced birds.
		Dr Clarke explains that the Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) is one of four species of native Australian miner.
	www.latrobe.edu.au /news/2004/mediarelease_2004-11.php (891 words)

	Bishyp6mBirdsMiners
		The other 3 miners have a pale grey back and whitish belly, with a small bright yellow triangle behind the eye, a yellow streak on the wings and some fl on the head.
		Each small colony defends a territory, which for Bell Miners is at least 50² metres and up to 2 hectares.
		Miners can hang upside down for some time, poking under bark or leaves for insects.
	member.rivernet.com.au /balehirs/Bishyp6mBirdsMiners.html (1603 words)

	Features & Stories
		Billy Miner, who carried out the only two train robberies in Canada, may not have been successful, but Westerners thought he had the right idea.
		The train trip is almost over when gunshots ring out, horses gallop across the rail; the engineer is motioned down from his cab and made to hold the horses, leading to whispers among the passengers of his being in cahoots with the robbers.
		Billy Miner himself then takes the megaphone and gives a brief history of railroading and ranching in the Canadian West, and of his own life on the run.
	www.cowboylife.com /index.asp?p=231&cmd=viewarticle&nArticleID=53&CowboylifeMember=1b06395826a97da9f32f6488fe56eb1f (831 words)

	Australian Birds - Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The similar Yellow-throated Miner, Manorina flavigula, has a grey crown, white rump, and a line of bare yellow skin on the sides of the throat.
		Noisy Miners are found in woodlands and open forests.
		Noisy Miners breed in small to large colonies and several broods may be reared during a single season.
	www.usability.com.au /resources/ozewai2005/birds2/birds15.htm (251 words)

	Fauna Rescue of SA Honeyeaters
		Baby Wattle and Noisy Miner Birds are larger birds and need the puppy biscuits cut in 1/2, make the mix a little thicker for dipping and add more Insectivore powder.
		Noisy Miner’s are social birds; the whole family feed the chicks.
		It is also important for the birds to feed on the native blossoms, so keep a variety of fresh nectar flowers in their cage.
	www.faunarescue.org.au /honeyeaters.html (871 words)

	Noisy Miner: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Manorina is a genus of australian endemic honeyeaters, containing four species: the fl-eared miner, m....
		Their 'Noisy' name is obvious when encountered, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/no/noisy_miner.htm (552 words)

	Bulletin - Major comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A Black-eared Miner Recovery Team was established in 1991, with representatives from Environment Australia, Birds Australia, wildlife agencies in Victoria, South Australia and NSW, the Museum of Victoria, the Melbourne and Adelaide Zoos, and zoologists and geneticists from La Trobe University.
		Before European settlement, the fl-eared miner’s mallee home was a large, isolated island within the vast kingdom of the noisy miner and the two species did not interbeed.
		But the yellow-throated miner had had no previous genetic contact with the fl-eared miner; as farming redrew the ancient geographic boundaries that formerly separated them, they interbred, and the hybrids began winning out as pure-bred fl-eared miners declined in numbers.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/eddesk.nsf/All/0D8A7BD82BA88174CA256AA3000026BC (1583 words)

	Cursor Miner \| THE LIBRARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cursor Miner (aka Rob Tubb) is a law unto himself.
		Miner, ranging from Beck-tinged ditties, noisy electronic interludes, a David Frost cut-up through to full electronic workouts that put many of the contemporary masters to shame.
		In the last months Cursor Miner has played the launch party for the Raindance Film Festival, a birthday party for Dazed and Confused, played gigs with Cylob, Ed DMX and Gold Chains as well as spending time in Russia with EU, performing and making music.
	www.lorecordings.com /cursorminer/locdep04.php (241 words)

	Charliesbirdblog: Noisy Miners, Sydney, Australia. 2004 and 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Noisy Miner - a common species of honeyeater meliphagidae - is found from northern Queensland along the eastern coast to South Australia and Tasmania.
		Noisy Miners feed on nectar, fruits and insects.
		Oh, please note that views and opinions expressed in this blog are the author's own and are not to be considered in any way representative of the mandate or policies of Birds Korea or of any other organisation or individual.
	www.charliesbirdblog.com /~charlie/noisyminer/noisyminer.html (204 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Our new bird bath has been frequented by the noisy miner for days now though we are not sure whether it has always been the same visitor.
		The nosiy miners are very alert and never stay long, flying away immediately after their refreshment or if they detect any movement around.
		Unlike the noisy miner, the cockatoo stood on the head of the "grape boy" and drank from the top.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=6793504&postID=112720392266356191 (222 words)

	Noisy Miners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I have a half dozen Noisy Miners frequenting my Grevillea, Callistamon and Lillypilly but one and only one has acquired the habit of stealing bits of the minced beef I hand feed 3 of the local Australina Magpies (completely different from American Magpies, they won't touch carrion).
		But this one Noisy Miner has discovered it's more expedient and less risky to go directly to the source, by flying up to my hand to perch on my fingers momentarily to snatch a bit of mince and fly off with it.
		Incidentally, the Noisy Miners have not succeeded nor even tried to drive out the rosellas, magpielarks, or unfortunately the Indian Mynahs which frequent my tiny side-yard.
	www.talkaboutpets.com /group/rec.birds/messages/189295.html (249 words)

	Coal Mine (historical argument)
		Voice Over: The coal miners of Wales have long been famed for their tough rugged life hewing the fl gold from the uncompromising hell of one mile under.
		Miners refused to return to work until the management define a metope.
		Meanwhile, at Dagenham the unofficial strike committee at Fords have increased their demands to thirteen reasons why Henry III was a bad king.
	www.orangecow.org /pythonet/sketches/coalmine.htm (401 words)

	Birds of Perth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Unlike it's close relatives the Noisy Miner, the Yellow-throated Miner is far less conspicuous.
		Yellow-throated Miners forage among eucalyptus, mallee and mulga foliage in search of insects, fruit and nectar.
		Yellow-throated Miners are regularily recorded at Armadale Golf Course, and may be nomadic around other areas of Perth.
	www.birdsofperth.com /terrestrials/honeyeaters/YTM.html (130 words)

	Manic Miner Review - GamersHell.com
		When a 16 year-old Mathew Smith took his bed room creation Manic Miner to Bug Byte, he was told by a lead programmer there (Eugene Evans) that "It won't work".
		Miner Willy is back with a vengeance, and a big sigh to all the older (and younger) GBA gamers
		Manic Miner is arguably THE father of all platform games after it, it featured continuous music, 20 FULL SCREEN levels and flicker free animation with a good difficulty curve (all gendre-defying on the humble 48k spectrum).
	www.gamershell.com /reviews_ManicMinerGBAReview.shtml (701 words)

	Michael Clarke
		Clarke, R. H., Gordon, I. and Clarke, M. Intraspecific phenotypic variability in the fl-eared miner (Manorina melanotis); human-facilitated introgression and the consequences for a endangered taxon.
		Clarke, M. and Schedvin, N. An experimental study of the translocation of Noisy Miners Manorina melanocephala and difficulties associated with dispersal.
		Grey, M. The Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) and rural dieback in remnant eucalypt woodlands.
	www.zoo.latrobe.edu.au /Staff/mfc (1982 words)

	CNN.com - Rescued miner: 'It was a team effort' - July 28, 2002
		Harry B. Mayhugh, left, was the second of the nine miners rescued early Sunday.
		Doctors said the miners were in remarkable condition, considering their ordeal.
		One of the rescued miners, Harry B. Mayhugh, answered reporters' questions his release Sunday at Somerset Hospital.
	www.cnn.com /2002/US/07/28/mine.mayhugh.cnna/index.html (842 words)

	CSIRO PUBLISHING - Emu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This paper investigates potential strategies used by cooperatively breeding Noisy Miners Manorina melanocephala at a site in south-east Queensland to reduce the risk to their nests.
		Noisy Miner nests are probably fairly obvious to diurnal predators because of the activity of many visitors around them, and the loud begging calls of nestlings.
		In conclusion, there was no single strategy for reducing the risk to noisy miner nests of predation.
	www.publish.csiro.au /nid/96/paper/MU9909.htm (249 words)

	List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Larry Ellison, Ed Oates and Bob Miner were working on a consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).
		The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA evidently saw this as a system that would give answers to all questions).
		The term comes from paku paku which is a Japanese onomatopoeia (written version of a noise) used for noisy eating; similar to chomp chomp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_computer_term_etymologies (4128 words)

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