r/magpies • u/Effective_Cabinet168 • 16h ago
Cute guy
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He really likes tuna
r/magpies • u/[deleted] • Nov 20 '23
I have seen a lot of behaviour on this subreddit which really concerns me, it basically consists in acting towards the birds for the person's own benefit, instead of keeping wildlife's best interests as the first priority. I joined reddit for this reason, to make this post and therefore hopefully help.
It's so great that everyone loves these birds so much, they're beautiful and I love them too. But it is even more important to educate ourselves so that we don't unintentionally harm them.
Mods, please pin/sticky whatever it's called some sort of post at the top of sub which advises best practice around wildlife, and the legalities around native bird ownership, including addressing the fact that it is illegal to take birds from the wild and make them pets. I recommend as well posting from credible sources like Gisela Kaplan, who is a very good authoritative source on magpies.
Anyway, stuff not to do:
stuff to do:
I hope this is helpful and that people will interact with the birds without ego, but with respect.
edited to add: humans can alter populations and ecosystems by feeding one family/species. Here's an anecdote about how I fucked up and learned:
I was supplementing some breeding currawongs with crickets where I lived, not all the time, randomly but semi-frequently, I thought I was helping - I moved midway through the chicks growing up, they weren't newborns, they weren't fledged, somewhere inbetween. The move was an unexpected one. I went back once or twice to check on their progress, and one of the three had died - there had always been one that didn't fight for food as hard as the others. By supplementing their food so much, I basically caused more suffering, because that chick was older when it died, so would've been more aware of the pain of starvation. It would've died sooner if I hadn't been supplementing, and the pain wuld've been less. If I didn't have to move and had kept supplementing, maybe it was a weak chick generally and would've died when it was a bit older, which would have prolonged suffering further.
r/magpies • u/Effective_Cabinet168 • 16h ago
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He really likes tuna
r/magpies • u/Competitive_Pool4277 • 6h ago
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r/magpies • u/EsotericLife • 13h ago
Call it serendipity or just the tech industry’s spy work, but Reddit decided to show me this community as I’m painting a magpie and I thought it’s as good a place as any to ask for a specific reference shot.
The reference I’ve been using (top left) is by a local artist Annie Palmer. But I’ve followed loosely and it’s also a translation of a translation, so I’m looking for a real-world reference to fix up the anatomy and add some details/features that come from reality rather than my limited memory.
Google ain’t cutting it since it’s not images of maggies curated by magpie lovers, like this subreddit. Do any of you beautiful people happen to have a shot of a magpie in roughly this pose I could have? Thanks
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r/magpies • u/Glad-Bug-6506 • 2d ago
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Our little family were loud this morning. I feel so lucky to have these guys come sing for us.
That's also our corella in the background saying 'Hey Mate' to them 😆
r/magpies • u/Big-Rip-2688 • 1d ago
Hi 👋🏻
First time poster here, recent follower.
I just moved and I have a small backyard now. Every day there are half a dozen magpies that bounce around the yard and hang out on the fence. I also see the occasional crow. I don't provide any food or water, yet, but would like to treat them.
I am seeking community advice on style/size of a bird bath for water, and how to feed them, what to feed them, and how often? I would like to attempt to befriend some of them and possibly gift swap without them becoming dependant.
Thanks! 🙂
r/magpies • u/Maskhasfallenoff • 2d ago
And today I have five visit me at the park - just from whistling to them! It was unreal! Love these birds. 💜💜
r/magpies • u/bigladylover69 • 2d ago
I have a magpie friend that has been coming over for a few weeks and have noticed that he only has one leg/foot, and that the leg/foot he has is very wart-y.
Does anyone know what this might be? It looks pretty gnarly.
r/magpies • u/Saroco92 • 3d ago
For those who have seen a couple of my previous posts about this darling sweet girl Pica- here she is again 😂🥰
I was in the kitchen doing the dishes & saw a flash of grey in my peripheral version with a FLAPFLAPFLAP- and here she was standing on my kitchen bench saying hello 🥹😂
My back doors are left open slightly during most days when home & she just wanders in & out as she pleases haha, it’s so precious.
After this she could hear my 4 yr old daughter talking in the lounge so she hopped off the bench & did her little velociraptor run into the lounge room at the front of the house and started singing and chatting away to her.
I love this beautiful girl so much 🤍🩶🖤
r/magpies • u/juliexfett • 3d ago
Sunny afternoon here in Adelaide so they dropped by to hang out and pose before serenading me.
r/magpies • u/Aware-Kangaroo4190 • 4d ago
He was pretty tame too.
r/magpies • u/Disastrous_Explorer3 • 5d ago
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#magpie
r/magpies • u/Noodleincidenthobbes • 6d ago
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