It's been a long time since I've had visitors

Edit to add that chair is only across the table from me.

I'm so humbled by the fact that wildlife can feel that comfortable around me as everyone in Australia knows how mean they can be if they don't like you 😁

This magpie always comes and checks out the quails, not worried the magpie getting into the quails because the cage is bird proof.

I visited Australia for about 6 months in 2025, I have to say one of the biggest things I miss are the magpies. I miss their beautiful jingly song, its my absolute favourite birdsong.

I was sitting on a bench in a botanical garden and tossed a couple of blueberries to some maggies, pretty quickly I had their babies come up to me and beg, ate blueberries from my hands. Could’ve sworn I recognised the family of maggies and they recognised me whenever I visited that garden.

I’m usually a silent stalker of this subreddit and I want to say thank you for the supply of maggie content !!

Hello friends, two days ago a baby magpie had slammed into my door. My brothers girlfriend and I had a look at them and they seemed to be okay. They were moving their head around a lot and what not. My brothers girlfriend explained that in her experience that was a good sign (she’s rescued birds before that have either had paralysis or other major damage from crashing into windows or doors) and she came to the conclusion that they might have a concussion. So we kept them in a dark box for a while, until they started to act more typically for a young bird.

So we put them somewhere close to where their nest was, I happened to be keeping an eye on them from the window a few hours later and they tried to fly, only to smack into the fence. I rushed over and helped the poor fella up, I carried them around for a bit to try and find somewhere to put them. (They instead fell asleep in my hands as I was trying to find somewhere to let them rest.) After a little while I put them somewhere else that was close to their nest as I saw their parents were nearby, so I felt it was best to let them be in range. Later that day the bird had managed to get from where they were resting, to ontop of the fence and then managed to get to the top of a small tree. I don’t think that they can properly fly yet because they have a bunch of baby feathers still on the upper part of their wings, the best I’ve seen them do is a kind of slow curved glide.

When they were on the tree I went out to check on them again with some berries from the tree that their parents nest was, the baby didn’t seem to want any but shockingly enough one of their parents gently took a few of the berries from me and ate them. I felt extremely honoured in that moment.

The next day I checked up on them they seemed to be doing okay, occasionally trying to preen themselves. Nothing too eventful that day. And today (raining) I checked up on them and they seemed to be doing the same. Whenever I’m nearby they make this very soft and gentle ‘coo’ like sound. What does that mean? And also, whenever other birds get nearby they spread their wings out wide and make weird ‘myeah weeeh weeeeeeh’ sounds. They also seem to make that sound when their parents are on the branch with them. I’m not sure if it’s similar body language and sounds with tiny differences that I’m not able to pick up on or not admittedly. Since the one with their parents seemed to be more of a “feed me” kind of position if I were to try and give an example.

Is there anything else I should try to do to help the little fella? Or are things about how they should be? I don’t know too much about Magpies, I used to have a phobia of them, but, well, that’s changed over the last couple of years. Immensely so over the last few days. Any tips or advice about magpies vocal and body language would be much appreciated!

I’ve been feeding for magpies for a little over a year last year. They bought their babies over quite regularly but it happened overtime. Today when I got home I was surprised with a new baby fledging. Their parents were confident enough to leave the baby in my front yard with me while they went and fed the other fledgings in the nest. Now she will have to learn to Finn for herself

Norman Creek Hanlon Park Stones Corner 🌳🌳🌳

Caught this little guy giving me the classic head tilt. Love how curious he looks with that eyebrow raised!

(repost because first image was blurry, second I made a typo in the title lol third time's a charm hopefully) 😭

Along the road the magpies walk
with hands in pockets, left and right.
They tilt their heads, and stroll and talk.
In their well-fitted black and white.

They look like certain gentlemen 
who seem most nonchalant and wise
until their meal is served — and then
what clashing beaks, what greedy eyes!

But not one man that I have heard 
throws back his head in such a song
of grace and praise — no man nor bird. 
Their greed is brief; their joy is long.
For each is born with such a throat 
as thanks his God with every note.

I use soap bars when washing my hands, but our piece of soap was very wet and mushy. So I decided to dry it out in the sun for a while.

Now it's gone. My main suspect is the magpies that live here. I saw one sneaking around here yesterday.

Has anyone else experienced corvidae stealing soap? What do they use it for?

It's Aleppo soap, made from organic olive oil, laurel berry oil and lye, so I really hope it won't harm them in any way. Nevertheless, I won't be leaving my soap unattended outside again...

Hi again !! For those who have seen my posts before- this is my sweet girl Pica! She apparently had a LOT to say the other day & wouldn’t even let me talk so I had to share 😂😂
Anyone else’s Maggie’s chat to them like this? She makes some really funny sounds sometimes when she does this, I love it! 🥰
They’re SO adorable I can’t handle it 😍

Mums first visit for a while, and dad didn’t take kindly to the cockatoo getting too close 😂

My favorite magpie making my day by showing me he loves the bird bath. 🤩

A group of magpies has been filmed utilising fire to hunt for prey on an Australian property.

The footage was taken by Robert Davis, an associate professor of wildlife ecology at Edith Cowan University, during a controlled burn around a home in the Perth Hills.

Yahoo News reached out to three leading experts in bird behaviour, and none had previously been aware of magpies utilising fire.

Davis explained that the birds appeared to be using the flames opportunistically to catch fleeing invertebrates.

"In the past, when I've been burning on my block, I've seen magpies forage in the vicinity," he told Yahoo.

"But this time, there was one particular bird that was very bold and not afraid at all, and foraging right in front of the fire."

Davis watched one magpie hunt directly in front of the flames for around an hour. Others also benefited from the fire, but they kept a greater distance.

Amanda Ridley is a professor of behavioural ecology at the University of Western Australia, who specialises in magpies.

"Fire has never been observed at the study sites where my group observes magpies (not while we have been there)," she said.

"But it makes sense that any actions that cause insect displacement and increased movement will attract the magpies."

Sean Dooley from Birdlife Australia agreed that the behaviour "makes sense", but it was not something he'd witnessed before.

"It doesn't surprise me because they're such intelligent creatures," he said.

He noted that some falcons and hawks are known to intentionally pick up burning sticks and drop them in the grass to flush out prey.

And while the magpies were not starting the fires themselves, they appeared to understand the benefit of using the resource to hunt.

Kookaburras and eastern yellow robins are also known to hang out in people's gardens, waiting for worms to be dug up.

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On a tree nearby a grey shrike thrush does sing

A few days from the start of the calendar Spring

On a sunny day in mid August of the southern Year

With the birth of each dawn September draws near

In their warbling the magpies have welcomed daylight

At this time of year they sing all through the night

With nests for to build and borders to defend

Only their partners they see as a friend

Though a slight chill in the mid morning breeze

New leaf buds appearing on bare deciduous trees

By the end of September they will wear brand new leaves of green

In nature in Spring great beauty to be seen

With the year's greenest Season in time not far away

For August indeed it is a pleasant day.

Francis Duggan

I took this on every other park boy was he loud

good stick

My warble was a bit off today, I've been trying to imitate members of my flock's warbles when they annitiate communication first.

Stop swooping magpies