On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:06:46 +1000, atec77 wrote:

On 30/12/2011 1:14 PM, Trish Brown wrote:
Hah! See? You've got your own line of 'exotic'. We have Starlings too,
but the more recently introduced Indian Mynas have driven most of them
away.

Nothing a slug gun doesn't fix with almost noiseless impact

The noise comes from firing the rifle itself I would think and not
from the impact.