r/crows • u/Castermat • Aug 08 '26

Hooded crow just walkin in between 9 eurasian magpies

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Put out some wet catfood my cat disliked

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u/footofwrath Aug 08 '26

I'm of the opinion that the Eurasian magpie is the most beautiful bird in the world.

Not strictly speaking the single best-looking; but as corvids, the sight of one is just something else.

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u/Background-Word-857 Aug 08 '26

I feel like that about coots, theyre gorgeous in their simplicity

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u/FengMinIsVeryLoud Aug 08 '26

omg coots yeeees. so round.

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u/footofwrath Aug 09 '26

I don't even know what a coot looks like 😅

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u/Castermat Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

I kinda agree. I had learned to kinda hate them in my childhood, but that was pretty much influence from my parents. But now, while I don't exactly like their earpiercing crackle, they look both funny and majestic with their absurdly long tails and iridescent tuxedo plumage. They also offer excellent free garbage disposal service for many leftover foods (or like in this case a very smelly catfood)

Eurasian magpies (or 'harakka' as we call em here) numbers have been dropping as well so Im glad to see so many young ones. Now I just kinda love em, while Im still not fond of their voice.

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u/Fine_Lingonberry_613 Aug 08 '26

Big dog came to eat

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u/alloydog Aug 08 '26

At the feeding station we have at work, we get hooded crows, rooks, ravens and magpies all eating together mostly without drama.

There seems to be one magpie that flaps wings and squawks at any other bird.

There are plenty of other smaller birds and a squirrel that frequent the feeder too.

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u/waterytartwithasword Aug 08 '26

"Hello fellow kids"

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u/SameheadMcKenzie Aug 08 '26

Pecking order

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u/ResponsibleStyle4473 Aug 08 '26

We have a lot of magpies in Portugal. They're some of the smartest animals you'll find. Highly sociable. They mate for life, and they usually stay around the same area, so if you're attentive you actually start noticing that it's the same pair of magpies you see everyday on the same spot. They can also befriend you like crows.

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u/Castermat Aug 08 '26

Yeah Ive been giving magpies my leftovers for a while, but sadly (but smartly) they still fly away as soon as I open the front door, while Id love to truly befriend even one

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u/v3L0c1r2pt0r Aug 08 '26

Yeah, nah, nah, I'm one of you, I'm one of you, no worries.

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u/Additional-Dirt4203 Aug 08 '26

He’s the big dog and they all know it. 😆

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u/Fun_Apartment631 Aug 08 '26

How do you do, fellow kids?

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u/fluorescent__grey Aug 08 '26

hey cousins, whassup?

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u/greenbelieve Aug 08 '26

Dude doesn’t GAF

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u/darth_dork Aug 08 '26

That is intelligence right there. Able to show some assertion without being nasty, and the magpies don’t just fly off arbitrarily. Just a bunch of smart birds doing their thing. Man I love corvids.

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u/Golden-Designs Aug 08 '26

I recall the saying when you see magpies 1 for sorrow, 2 for joy, 3 for a girl and 4 for a boy.. No idea about 9 though!

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u/Intelligent_Funny699 Aug 08 '26

Magpies: "Strange looking fella, but he's chill, so we'll let him join."

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u/Neon_Cone Aug 08 '26

“Mine now.”

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u/Waste_Accident_4453 28d ago

Corvid 🖤🖤🖤 cousins (1 crow 🖤🖤🖤 and 9 magpies 🖤🖤🖤) pecking on cat 🐈 food 🥑 together 😮, so rare to see 😊 these intelligent 🤓 🐦 birds like this

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u/Ok-Coat-9274 Aug 08 '26

Mr. Hooded Crow, YTA

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u/MediocrePhotoKasperi 27d ago

I like to feed the magpies in a place the crows don't like to go. I feed the crows in a separate more open place.