My magpie family!!

[nicnacs_4u]

Great news and I`m sure you all will be excited to hear my mum and dad magpies brought their 3 new babies to my front patio for a feed this morning..damn mince runout but smarty me had a brainwave....open a can of dog food...all`s quiet now,tummys are full and I`m about to head off for the sat morning hunt(garage sales)lol

useless news I know

[jds_noise]

Don't forget to pick up some magpie food while you're out!

[moonflyte]

My bil has had a family of magpies visiting him with their young for years.  Magpies are recognized as having one of the most melodious and beautiful calls.

[purple_haize]

It is lovely when nature comes to you, even if it is for a feed.

We feed all birds.......except those darn cockies.........wish they would go elsewhere.

[ooak3]

i am sooo envious they sound so much fun !!!

lucky duck !!!

[imastawka]

Aw, nics,  I know you mean well, but you really shouldn't feed

meat to magpies.   They need to find their own meat

in the form of worms and bugs.

Someone else on here (forget who) also mentioned that supermarket mince

is lacking in something for them, and gives them a kind of club foot deformity,

that prevents them from sitting on branches.

It may make the littlies dependant on you and not learn to peck

for worms for themselves.  The don't eat beef in the wild do they?

I have a magpie family that visits.   I googled and I feed them muesli

cos it's grains and their favourite food is walnuts.  Then they go fossick in

the garden. 

Sorry for the lecture, but I'm sure you understand.

I'm so glad your famlly had 3 babies

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

We have just got back from Hamilton Island as I have a friend visiting from Hobart. The birds there just help themselves to the food!

We were warned to keep balcony doors shut. One cockatoo flew in and pinched a half eaten muesli bar off the table.

And at the pub on the marina, holy moly. I am so glad we only had a beer, no meal. The magpies swoop in and pinch the food off your plate. Saw that many chips, even burger buns go.

[debra9275]

no thats not useless news Nic, I know all the birds and possums that live in or visit my garden. My family think I'm a bit infatuated with our ringtail possum family. I'm always looking out for them

[ooak3]

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@ten*teeny*tiny*toes wrote:

We have just got back from Hamilton Island as I have a friend visiting from Hobart. The birds there just help themselves to the food!

We were warned to keep balcony doors shut. One cockatoo flew in and pinched a half eaten muesli bar off the table.

And at the pub on the marina, holy moly. I am so glad we only had a beer, no meal. The magpies swoop in and pinch the food off your plate. Saw that many chips, even burger buns go.

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hahaha thats a crack up !!!

some people are scared of birds bet there would have been a scene if someone with a bird phobia was there lol

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

Yep, my daughter would have been break-dancing. Lots of people were ducking.

Not pleasant at all really, but a bit of a laugh.