There are not many birds in the city besides sparrows, but at our new home we’ve been seeing some of these Common Myna birds quite often, so I thought I would take a picture.  Myna birds are often kept as pets because they are very skilled at “speaking” – supposedly they are better at it than parrots.  You can learn more about this type of Myna here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Myna