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Reply #15 - Dec 26^th, 2015 at 10:48am

Black Orchid wrote on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 11:48am:

Magpies have a beautiful song reminiscent of the Australian bush.

When I was living on a property I found a Magpie after a storm. It honestly sounded like it was saying "helppp". It was fairly big (but probably quite young) and I picked it up and looked after it.

I put it on the washing machine and lowered a cage over it and we fed it with a large paddle pop type stick. After a couple of days I removed the cage permanently and it just sat there. Unfortunately we had visitors one night and I TOLD them NOT to try to feed it but, alas, our friend's girlfriend did exactly that. She let go of the feeding stick and the bird swallowed it. I gently massaged its chest until it regurgitated the stick but the next day the poor thing was dead.

At the time our neighbour told me how Magpies can actually talk and how one used to wake up his grandfather, on their farm, every morning saying something like "Wake up Bill".

I never knew they could talk but I have since found out that this is quite correct.

What a horrible story BO, but unfortunately these things happen sometimes.

You can always tell a baby by its dark beak - they don't start to whiten until they're about 6 months old.

bogarde73 wrote on Dec 10^th, 2015 at 3:13pm:

A pair of magpies and their chick started hanging round a few weeks ago so I put out a bit for them when I was feeding the dog.
Big mistake.

I've never heard a more whinging, petulant creature than this chick. It's there first thing in the morning, sitting on the TV aerial, waiting for me to feed the dog, and calling non-stop. It does this a few times a day as well.

About 4 years ago I started supplementing a family of magpies - the babies are endearing, but it's only after watching the breeding cycle during this period, that I know I've made a huge mistake.

Still the small birds were long gone before the magpies came. In too many areas now they fall prey to cats, hawks and disappearing habitat.

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Reply #17 - Dec 26^th, 2015 at 5:23pm

bogarde73 wrote on Dec 26^th, 2015 at 2:09pm:

Still feeding them (but just a little). I like having them around.

Most favoured Father of most favoured eldest female Grandchild has a pair of kookaburras arrive on a window sill every day for a feed.

Used to be the same thing at the Half Way Canteen at my Golf Club. Buggers got big, greedy and had no fear. So......shop shut for them.

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Reply #18 - Dec 27^th, 2015 at 2:03am

Of course you are.. you are the keeper of every living thing that falls within your province, and it is your duty as the top of the chain to care for them when needed.

If I said otherwise my Blue Tongues and swallows and wag-tails would object.... also got some red parrots.... bewdiful...

Young maggies have grey feathers that gradually blend to the glossy black and white....

Oh - property is sold and during negotiations I advised the buyers that we had very tame Blue Tongues and that I trusted their dogs would not chew on them.... the lady said her labrador might lick one..... no cats or nasty dogs allowed.... hundreds of trees and bushes for the small birds planted here and we have a symbiotic relationship with the Blue Tongues... I say hello to them when we meet and they eat snails for me.

I had Rainbow Lorikeets who had me as part of their daily feed run... dawn sharp on the window demanding sliced pears....

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Reply #19 - Dec 30^th, 2015 at 7:39am

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Dec 27^th, 2015 at 2:03am:

Oh - property is sold and during negotiations I advised the buyers that we had very tame Blue Tongues and that I trusted their dogs would not chew on them.... the lady said her labrador might lick one..... no cats or nasty dogs allowed.... hundreds of trees and bushes for the small birds planted here and we have a symbiotic relationship with the Blue Tongues... I say hello to them when we meet and they eat snails for me.

I had Rainbow Lorikeets who had me as part of their daily feed run... dawn sharp on the window demanding sliced pears....

It's wonderful if you can maintain the environmental balance, but when you have to leave - you know that few people would be able to continue your legacy. Still as long as you try and pass the message on about caring for living creatures - whether they are native or exotic, you are doing what you can. We're not supposed to feed native animals, but when they haven't got enough natural food left, maybe they do need some help. It might just keep their species going for a little longer.

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Reply #20 - Dec 30^th, 2015 at 7:40am

Aussie wrote on Dec 26^th, 2015 at 5:23pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Dec 26^th, 2015 at 2:09pm:

Still feeding them (but just a little). I like having them around.

Most favoured Father of most favoured eldest female Grandchild has a pair of kookaburras arrive on a window sill every day for a feed.

Used to be the same thing at the Half Way Canteen at my Golf Club. Buggers got big, greedy and had no fear. So......shop shut for them.

That is wrong - giving them a generous food source - then cutting it off suddenly. Next time try and do the humane thing and reduce it gradually.

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Reply #21 - Jan 1^st, 2016 at 6:31am

ian wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2015 at 10:23pm:

AiA wrote on Dec 11^th, 2015 at 10:36am:

My poor wife once got her lip torn open by a magpie at Cottlesloe Beach. We were walking along a sidewalk and man in a unit above us was leaning out his window waiting for it to happen knowing about the nest. Rather than warn us he laffed after it happened. Had he been within striking distance I would have punched him in the throat.

ha ha! So that was you.

Yes, it was. And later I went back to your unit to punch you and your girlfriend opened the door saying you were not in. She then begged me to bone her and as ugly as she was I did. Kinda like a hate "f"U'c"K" but she loved it.

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Reply #22 - Jan 1^st, 2016 at 4:36pm

AiA wrote on Jan 1^st, 2016 at 6:31am:

ian wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2015 at 10:23pm:

AiA wrote on Dec 11^th, 2015 at 10:36am:

My poor wife once got her lip torn open by a magpie at Cottlesloe Beach. We were walking along a sidewalk and man in a unit above us was leaning out his window waiting for it to happen knowing about the nest. Rather than warn us he laffed after it happened. Had he been within striking distance I would have punched him in the throat.

ha ha! So that was you.

Yes, it was. And later I went back to your unit to punch you and your girlfriend opened the door saying you were not in. She then begged me to bone her and as ugly as she was I did. Kinda like a hate "f"U'c"K" but she loved it.

And there we have a typical PA post from a PA Moderator and former Admin. Bloody disgraceful.

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Reply #23 - Jan 2^nd, 2016 at 5:38am

AiA wrote on Jan 1^st, 2016 at 6:31am:

ian wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2015 at 10:23pm:

AiA wrote on Dec 11^th, 2015 at 10:36am:

My poor wife once got her lip torn open by a magpie at Cottlesloe Beach. We were walking along a sidewalk and man in a unit above us was leaning out his window waiting for it to happen knowing about the nest. Rather than warn us he laffed after it happened. Had he been within striking distance I would have punched him in the throat.

ha ha! So that was you.

Yes, it was. And later I went back to your unit to punch you and your girlfriend opened the door saying you were not in. She then begged me to bone her and as ugly as she was I did. Kinda like a hate "f"U'c"K" but she loved it.

Good old Andrew Peacock .. Grin

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Reply #24 - Jan 2^nd, 2016 at 6:35am

Am I my magpies' keeper?

My uncle was feeding the Kookaburras each evening. They would all come around and sit in the trees with their kookaburra laugh waiting to be fed. After a while the magpies got onto the lurk and would be lining up with the Kookas.

In the end the Kookaburras would be laughing and you would go out and find a line of Maggies with no kookas in sight.

The Magpies were imitating the Kookaburra laugh. It was very funny.

An interesting thing about Kookaburras is that the first time I went to Qld was the first time that I has seen a northern kookaburra. At that time around Sydney and the central coast and further north you only seen the southern kookaburra. Now in this area all I ever see in the Northern bird. Have not seen a southern Kookaburra in decades.

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Reply #25 - Jan 2^nd, 2016 at 8:14am

Dnarever wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2016 at 6:35am:

In the end the Kookaburras would be laughing and you would go out and find a line of Maggies with no kookas in sight.

The Magpies were imitating the Kookaburra laugh. It was very funny.

That happens to me a lot with various birds. I hear the magpies or the lorikeets calling out - walk outside and there are only a couple of minor or wattle birds looking at me. As objectionable as the Indian minor birds are - they are excellent mimics. Thankfully their numbers in my area have been greatly reduced since the larger birds have taken over. They are one of the biggest threat to the smaller birds as they raid nests. They even try to kill each other.

The lorikeets are good imitators too and have a great magpie cry.

I'm on the Central Coast and I might see a Southern kookaburra every couple of years or so.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Am I my magpies' keeper? Reply #26 - Nov 8^th, 2016 at 11:46am Wish I knew what happened to my magpies. There was a family of 3 and I'm sure they were feeding another chick. I was feeding them every morning and then suddenly about 2 months ago they were just gone.
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Reply #27 - Nov 8^th, 2016 at 11:58am

bogarde73 wrote on Nov 8^th, 2016 at 11:46am:

Wish I knew what happened to my magpies.
There was a family of 3 and I'm sure they were feeding another chick.
I was feeding them every morning and then suddenly about 2 months ago they were just gone.

Same here. There used to be a family of 5 that came to my lawn every day. I saw ONE magpie the other day. No sign of the usual squawk of the babies either. Very odd.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Am I my magpies' keeper? Reply #28 - Nov 8^th, 2016 at 12:09pm I thought maybe they'd been shot but they never seemed to leave my property. Them I thought, there's a guy up the road a bit who bates foxes & dogs, maybe they picked up a bait. But that's unlikely too, he doesn't bait here. Maybe it's just some seasonal migration and they'll be back one day looking for a feed.
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Neferti Gold Member Offline Posts: 7965 Canberra Gender:	Re: Am I my magpies' keeper? Reply #29 - Nov 8^th, 2016 at 12:21pm I'll let this thread know if my lot return .... they have been coming here for years .... I used to talk to them and they were so tame that they would come right up to me ....... suddenly only one Maggie one day, last week. Very odd. I haven't had swooping Magpies here for years and years ....
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