What a fantastic photo. Love the colours

Didn't know your miners were so handsome!

Much nicer than the imported pest miner around here, ugly things they are.
Is this the native one?

What a lovely bird! That red, red soil is a wonderful contrast, and makes me feel twice as warm during the first truly warm days of Alberta's "summer".

Gail, these are very different to the Indian Myna's that are becoming a nuisance along the eastern side of Oz. I like the look of these ones

They do have a little of the look of the native noisy mynahs along the east coast - but not those awful brown indian mynahs.

A sweet-looking little bird. I can't think of any here that have green on them.

To all the people who like the look of this bird, yes it is lovely: but lovlier by far is the much longed for red dirt!

I took this photo last year when we travelled up through "The Red Centre" in our caravan. I have no idea if they are really miners or mynah's or whatever. I was told by somebody that is what they were called. They are extroardinarily beautiful and unafraid.

Supergran, have you got clay in your yard too!!!

Another great photo Wendy.

Looks like a Yellow-throated Miner, Manorina flavigula, to me. They're very similar to the Noisy Miners - Manorina melanocephala - but have more colour. They both range along the east coast through to South Australia. The Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis, is a different story altogether - it's an introduced bird & quite a pest!!