While the tree change trend increased in popularity over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, four years later the Indian Myna bird has caught on to it and is popping up more and more out west.

However, this bird isn't exactly the type of neighbour to lend you a cup of sugar.

Known for their monogamous breeding style and territorial behaviour, the Indian Myna was first introduced to Australia back in 1862 for the purpose of hunting out and eating caterpillars in gardens around Melbourne.

However, their aggressive nature means that when they move in, the other birds need to move out.

This has resulted in native birds getting kicked out of their own backyards by Indian Mynas, and in some cases having their chicks and eggs eaten.

In order to protect our local wildlife, Coonamble Landcare and Coonamble Men's Shed have joined forces with Dubbo Environment Group to find and eradicate the unwelcome Indian Myna.

The bird itself is quite small with a brown body and glossy black head, neck and upper breast.

Their distinctive yellow eyes, beak, legs and feet make them easy to spot, as do the white patches on their wings that are especially noticeable when in flight.

Secretary of the Dubbo Environment Group, Margaret McDonald has been spearheading the project in Central West NSW.

She says the migration of Indian Mynas into country areas is a result of over population in metro areas like Sydney.

"Per pair they can breed eighteen fledglings per season," said Ms McDonald. "They move to an area just the two of them, grow their flock and take over the territory."

"A lot of the natives have been pushed out of their habitats in places like Sydney where there are so many."

This has also been the case in Western NSW, where Mary has seen examples of native birds driven out or their populations decimated.

"There was an example where we had one cage with around fifty mynas in there," she said. "Over the next few days the galahs started to return to the area."

This video helps you tell the invasive imported myna from the native miner bird species.

While numbers are hard to gauge, Ms McDonald is encouraging as many people as possible to do their part in reducing the threat posed by Indian Mynas.

"The NSW Government haven't labelled them as invasive, however, it is illegal to let an Indian Myna go if they're caught," said Ms McDonald.

"So you can kill them."

"But we need everyone to do their part, we have special cages designed for them."

Suitable cages can be purchased from the Coonamble Men's Shed.

Men's shed traps being used to catch Indian Mynas in Cairns.

Explaining how the trap works, Men's Shed member Ron Crocker says he himself has seen up to forty Mynas trapped in the cages at any one time.

"The idea is that the birds enter the smaller cage through the two entrances, you put some feed on the outside of the entrances and then inside the cage," he said.

"The entrance narrows at the end so they can't get back out again."

"Eventually they get up on the roost and make their way into the larger cage. From there you just dispose of the bird."

There is a latch on the larger cage in the case that a different bird made its way in by mistake.

According to the NSW Department on Industry, Indian Mynas are known to feed on food scraps, fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds, flowers, nectar, young birds, eggs and invertebrates and their larvae.

The cages can be purchased from the Coonamble Men's shed on Wednesdays and Thursdays.