I’ve posted one of my local couples twice last week, this time I got a good clip of the next-door troublemakers which is this family of three. The male in the front is Mr Droopy (he’s got a slightly drooping right wing, had it for 3+ years so he is fine). He used to swoop me but we worked it out eventually 😂

This is right on the territory boundary, the other couple is sitting in the tree above 10 metres to the right. You can hear them call first and then those three responding. Was an interesting standoff to observe this morning, fascinating creatures.

I buy them mealworms and woodies at the pet store and I just love them and their adorable fluffy baby

TW - upsetting imagery

Hi, just earlier today I saw the car in front of me hit a young magpie. they did try and slow down and dodge it but unfortunately still hit the poor thing. it wasn’t run over but most likely hit head on. i stopped as quickly as i could and turned around to get it and bring it to a vet. when i got to it, it was completely limp but its eyes were still open. i put it on my lap in the car and drove it to the vet which happened to be less than 5 minutes away. by the time i had gotten to the vet, its eyes were closed and it was leaking brownish liquid from its beak. the receptionist took it out the back for the vets to assess but told me it would be humanely euthanised anyway due to its injuries. however i cant help but think i could have done something better. i’m extremely overly empathetic towards animals and this has quite upset me. is there anything i should have done better or should know? thank you

I heard magpies making a racket and I went out and the local pair at my house were having a great old time swooping the postie. Isn't it too late from them needing to do that or he's just fair game?

Baby and dad at park near work are doing well, dad is teaching baby to hassle the other birds 😂

What do I do with the wombaroo I bought that dad didn't want? Find a carer near me and give it to them?

I didn’t have any magpie appropriate food with me at the time, so my girl got a little piece of roast chicken instead. ❤️

uh oh

Hi all !!

I’ve managed to befriend a family of 3 magpies who visit me everyday for a few peanuts.

Last week, I looked out my window and saw one of them lying on the ground, wings spread out, doing this weird thing with her beak (like she was gasping for air almost) and then the smaller female (name is stinky coz she always leaves me a shit on my front door after the peanuts) was just staring at the wall like she was in a state of trance😭.

I almost had a heart attack bc I thought somebody might have poisoned them …

When I went up to them they didn’t react initially but after a few seconds they just ruffled their feathers and were up and about for more peanuts like nothing happened.

Google tells me my friends are sunbathing …. LOL

Has anybody experienced this before?? Should I make them a cool little sunbathing spot or smth 😎💀🙏🏼

Only out of the nest for a month, was being told off by its aunt so ran and hid behind the nearest solid object: my boot. Huddled between my feet squeaking in fear until its aunt moved off, then stood up and started exploring again (also when I started filming, until it moved I was standing completely still to avoid spooking it)

This baby is appropriately cautious around other people (and also me, to a lesser extent) and wouldn't have come so close if it wasn't in a panic from being chased by the adult.

Saw these three today at Sunnybank Hills. One came down from the tree and tried to eat something on the ground. I guess it wasn't food or it didn't taste good because he spat it out and then rejoined his sibling in the tree. At first it was just the one that was sitting down on the branch and the one behind the one that showed up a little later.

How many sounds can you identify in its song? I have found 7 distinct sounds

I've had 2 magpies hanging around my backyard the past few days and wanted to know if they were male and female? One of their napes looks like it could be grey, but I really can't tell

Well Dad didn't want anything I tried to give him apart from cashews, even then he'd have a couple and then hunt for bugs. He did an amazing job, on Friday baby was out of the nest but it was a crazy windy day and they were getting blown around in the tree pretty bad. I'm at the park today and this young magpie is here, I think it's the baby but he's not feeding it and don't they whinge non stop for food?

Hello. My magpies hang out with me while I am gardening and sometimes I throw them a worm which they love. But I've noticed they won't eat my caterpillars. Is this just my magpies or is it known they don't like juicy caterpillars?

Hey all,
For the past few years we’ve had parents of newly hatched magpies come for a little feed at times (cat biscuits, off cut of meat from dinner, meely worms & some sneaky cheese from time to time). We’ve had the usual mum & dad come down take a snack and they take back to the nest, this year is different.
Some of the magpies are still coming in for a feed, we’ve now have a juvenile magpie coming a couple times a day, butcher bird occasionally, 2 kookaburras (one started because he slammed into our pool fence- not once but he’s up to his 3rd time not the sharpest tool he’s called whack fuck) his mate is a bit on the derrrr side too, a couple of dumb & dumbers…. This morning a brush turkey chick flew in, I do like to think of myself as a “Snow White” kinda guy but this is weird.
My thoughts are, as we’ve only had just over 10mm of rain since August there’s not much food about so we a bit of a sure thing. Is this the case?