Date: 4/21/25 4:25 am
From: \Polo, John\ (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...>
Subject: Common Myna at Greenway Park in Graham, N.C.
Greetings,
I was looking at iNaturalist and an observation for a Common Myna at Greenway Park in Graham, N.C. caught my eye. I don't know that area at all, so I don't know if there is an aviary or something there that is keeping this bird? I looked on eBird and couldn't find anything there for a recent sighting.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ebird.org/map/y00757?bmo=1&emo=12&byr=1900&eyr=2025&<env.minX...>&<env.minY...>&<env.maxX...>&<env.maxY...>&gp=true__;!!OToaGQ!pzWyY5E4UfL-gR9VVF6OweLLejq0cmrHTgGqqLdpgGRwWXC2gPLF6jbsEtHgv-bk-kL1SEnG_RgwOT76n8s$

Do Common Mynas occasionally show up in N.C. and I'm just not aware of this? I've only lived in the Raleigh area a few years, so that's possible.

This is the iNaturalist observation. I'm curious because iNat includes a "wild" designation and I'm not sure how this bird should fall into that category.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271852189*activity_identification_78ef2aa2-94da-4395-abb6-ff1992749635__;Iw!!OToaGQ!pzWyY5E4UfL-gR9VVF6OweLLejq0cmrHTgGqqLdpgGRwWXC2gPLF6jbsEtHgv-bk-kL1SEnG_RgwckwwwyY$
[https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/489037298/large.jpg__;!!OToaGQ!pzWyY5E4UfL-gR9VVF6OweLLejq0cmrHTgGqqLdpgGRwWXC2gPLF6jbsEtHgv-bk-kL1SEnG_Rgw-ZZFM7A$ ]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271852189*activity_identification_78ef2aa2-94da-4395-abb6-ff1992749635__;Iw!!OToaGQ!pzWyY5E4UfL-gR9VVF6OweLLejq0cmrHTgGqqLdpgGRwWXC2gPLF6jbsEtHgv-bk-kL1SEnG_RgwckwwwyY$ >
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271852189*activity_identification_78ef2aa2-94da-4395-abb6-ff1992749635__;Iw!!OToaGQ!pzWyY5E4UfL-gR9VVF6OweLLejq0cmrHTgGqqLdpgGRwWXC2gPLF6jbsEtHgv-bk-kL1SEnG_RgwckwwwyY$ >
Common Myna from Greenway Park, Graham, NC, US on April 19, 2025 at 01:18 PM by sissa02
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.inaturalist.org__;!!OToaGQ!pzWyY5E4UfL-gR9VVF6OweLLejq0cmrHTgGqqLdpgGRwWXC2gPLF6jbsEtHgv-bk-kL1SEnG_RgwyGSGlUE$


Good birding,
John Polo
Raleigh


 
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