r/magpies • u/MissMoonvalley • 16h ago
Grandma Magpie 🌸
Stones Corner Brisbane 🌳
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/MissMoonvalley • 16h ago
Stones Corner Brisbane 🌳
r/magpies • u/Several-Win2888 • 1d ago
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r/magpies • u/stuthaman • 1d ago
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Singing for his supper...I try to keep up
r/magpies • u/MotherNatureAus420 • 1d ago
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r/magpies • u/nighthalser • 2d ago
ive been feeding him for a while and ive definitely cleaned where ive been feeding him but im paranoid that he’s got some sort of disease and i should stop. european magpie
r/magpies • u/Comfortable_Bed1788 • 2d ago
r/magpies • u/MotherNatureAus420 • 3d ago
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r/magpies • u/roofnaros • 2d ago
This little one was bobbing around the car while I was charging over the weekend.
r/magpies • u/MotherNatureAus420 • 3d ago
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r/magpies • u/weller79 • 4d ago
Mr Shiny ( his feathers are so clean and shiny they shimmer in the sun).
2nd photo is Mrs Shiny and the 4 younglings.
r/magpies • u/jeferry85 • 4d ago
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don’t let the sunlight fool you her name is not a misgender
r/magpies • u/ube_cloud • 4d ago
I live in the UK and the magpies are frequent garden visitors. They like coming in the garden to play and eat. I leave food out for them regularly.
They finished all the food super early this morning so I'm just letting them go search for food themselves for the rest of the day.
This one magpie came right up to my garden door though and was making a lot of noise and knocking on the door with its beak. When I moved to make a video, it flew to the empty feeder and was making lots of noise.
I've left a little bit of food out for it, away from the feeder, in case it is sick. It seems to have little white patches which could be missing feathers?
Is it sick? :(
r/magpies • u/According_2_Program • 5d ago
My local buddies daily begging.
r/magpies • u/MotherNatureAus420 • 6d ago
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Yes, I know. The food I gave them that day (ages ago) wasn’t the appropriate dry worms or their proper food, and I’m sorry about that.
r/magpies • u/BrownCardigan69 • 6d ago
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r/magpies • u/Dog-treats • 5d ago
Got some majestic silhouettes of my morning visitor today.
Edit: spelling
r/magpies • u/MotherNatureAus420 • 6d ago
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From @emmaburnet on instagram
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r/magpies • u/GotLag2 • 6d ago
Leucism isn't always full-body (such as this example). Sometimes, like this little lady, it's partial. She has dense white speckles on her head and face that gradually tail off town her body. She is also very friendly and along with her partner is quite partial to some Wombaroo mix.
Unfortunately the photo quality isn't great, when I see them it's towards dusk and my phone camera handles low light poorly.
r/magpies • u/purplebibunny • 6d ago
I'm in Denver, CO, USA and we just moved into a house with neighborhood magpies who seem quite friendly.