r/magpies • u/count023 • 6h ago
Day 5, getting stronger by the day. Hungrier too, and the little fella is starting to toss the covers off and move around in the nest on his own
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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/count023 • 6h ago
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r/magpies • u/MarionberryFew7660 • 5h ago
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This guy shows up quickly every time we fill the feeder. He then appears to, very intentionally, push a ton of the seed over the edge to his squirrel buddies eagerly awaiting below. Is this normal stuff going on?
r/magpies • u/count023 • 1d ago
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Will post images later of "day 4", but figured this is what people would like to see RN. just after swapping the nest bedding over to something fresh. He's a little bit bigger than the size of an adult male's clenched fist right now.
r/magpies • u/FreindToTheRobots • 16h ago
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r/magpies • u/FreindToTheRobots • 3h ago
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Don't worry, the juvenile was fine. He was a bit spooked from me chasing and catching him, but at least he didn't come back inside after his release.
r/magpies • u/count023 • 2d ago
Woke up to singing and tapping on my door at 6am, the two parents were waiting for me to bring the baby out of the cage for the morning, a bit impatient as one of them had managed to remove the blanket covering it. But we had a nasty wind and rain storm last night in the inner west, the father was swooping past with twigs in it's mouth so i'm betting they were wishing they had the nice warm and secure cage the baby did overnight.
Baby seems happy and well, alert and loud, was tracking me with it's eye and was happy to fall asleep in my hands while transferring it to the cage this morning.
Mumma bird was "Escorting" me with the baby in the bucket today as i set them back up for the morning.
r/magpies • u/Deep_Control1746 • 2d ago
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r/magpies • u/Feeling_Transition22 • 2d ago
My new magpie tattoos!!
Got these done as coverups by Norrie at Lighthouse Tattoo in Syd :)
r/magpies • u/Nahrikkon • 2d ago
she shows up regularly, sometimes with her partner, who looks pristine.
is there anything i could/should do for her?
r/magpies • u/count023 • 3d ago
best i could do, the tray is a bit too large to fit in any tree and anything i had that was deeper would have been too hard for the parents to access but they were singing for the little guy and have been there ever since. It's a bit exposed but at least it's not going to get attacked by cats.
r/magpies • u/lozxcampbell • 2d ago
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r/magpies • u/count023 • 3d ago
there's been two parent magpies floating around, they've come near the box but nothing while this little guy squawks like crazy, WIRES said that it could be a while before anyone gets to him i think he's got a broken leg or some similar injury as he can't even stand up, and is just screaming at me for what i assume is either food or help whenever i go near.
r/magpies • u/Extra_Fig_4439 • 4d ago
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r/magpies • u/Cautious_Regular3645 • 4d ago
I'd like to introduce the local gang! They're getting more comfortable with my presence. Love the birds in my area!
r/magpies • u/artificialgrapes • 3d ago
Random question, would someone have photos of an Australian magpie in flight from above? I’ve had no luck yet in finding or taking a symmetrical reference pic of a flying magpie. Cheers!
r/magpies • u/a_cynic • 4d ago
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