magpies

[renumeratedfrog]

Is it just me, or do those magpies look obese?

[n0tepad]

the two nearest (to the camera) magpies were females. i called one walkie because she had a bent leg and walked funny and the other one i called talkie because she was the one that makes all those strange sounds. this video was filmed more than 5 years ago now. walkie died just last week. i saw her on the side of the road and brought her home for a garden burial. shes buried under a young trident maple. talkie is still with us but walkie was by far the friendliest and i notice her missing now.

[SirKendalMintcake]

He's going through his mimickry list! At 0:30, he's imitating a red wattle bird, then he's trying to imitate a human talking, then a wolf-whistle. I'm not too sure about the last bit around 0:35 - possibly a lapwing, but they often make that squeaky noise before and after their mimickry session! Mimickry is a sure sign of intelligence!

[tenderheart17]

They're beautiful. I have frequent visits from certain magpies in my local area. That particular one sounds like it is imitating some speech or song that he has heard from another human.

[frozzytoobz]

G'day n0tepad,I've just posted a video response from my channel titled "Meet Crippy.She's Australia's friendliest wild Magpie"

I'm not really clued up on how to use all the youtube features,especially this video response one.Even though I've posted a fair few vids I'm only really capable of posting unedited videos.And hoping they don't get any dreaded error flags.

My query is that I can't see the video response I just posted.Can you help out an old Aussie Magpie birdbrained geezer with this.

[Bailairma]

It sounds like he's saying "throw it"

[Mzlingling501]

are those wild magpies?



[kprotel]

@Mzlingling501 It's a Crow. my guess they are wild.

[Tributist]

These birds are very dangerous. A magpie tried to pull my eye out yesterday, after it sparkled in the sun. They love sparkling things.

[markusb2]

christ these birds are so freaking intelligent!

[Tootsy39]

I <3 magpies. End of story.

[jonty811]

Love magpies, they chase the crows away.

However when it's nesting season... run lol

[leptoceratops]

Cool, it's doing a bit of mimicry as well as its usual call (sounds like mimicry of a woman!)

[ezza0ezza]

Magpies can learn to mimic sounds and songs. I had a pet magpie once that used to sing "waltzing Matilda" These magpie seem pretty friendly so maybe it picked that sound up from somewhere?

[KrazyNoobs]

Excuse me. I am making a Top 23 Most Aggressive Birds video, and the Australian Magpie is #4. Do you mind if I use this footage?

If you don't reply, I will not use the footage. Your username will be credited in my video.

[frankygth]

Nice vidio.

[saif364]

Newcastle United

[TravvyG]

I wish the Magpies were i live were this friendly lol

[roflandrea]

WOW! These are pretty i wish we had these in Washington

[LilyOfTheDarkness]

They're so cute - singing for their supper!

[butterflyblue72]

Sounds an awful alot like the Veliceraptors from Jurassic Park. I'll bet these are what they used for the sound effects.

[jag9998]

I looked up magpies because I have heard that some believe they may be self-aware, and they, being small and being birds, really don't seem to fit the bill of other self-aware animals. I changed my mind, however, when I heard these speaking plain English-"I want! want! I want! I want! I want!"

[Tapecutter59]

The one with the odd voice is probably a teenager still working on his song, it takes them a couple of years to get it right.

I have one that sings in the middle of the night, I thought it was stupid until one night I found out what it was singing about. It had worked out that the street light in front of the house attracts bugs and was telling his mates about it.

[ObaLiveNl]

They are FAT!

[FireStorm036]

They sound like almost dead turkeys lol

[thedukeofantioch]

they are talking

[keirapotter]

See my vid called Meet Lois about Lois the european magpie! :)

[d12bro]

haha it full sounds like it sez penguin!

[22baumer]

Magpie's are like crows and have two "voices", one set of calls are used between family members (these are the ones that people often find to be strange or "un-magpie like" and are softer and quieter) and another set (that people are more familiar with) of calls for warnings, threats, and other communications for magpie's that aren't in their family or are farther away.

[Rejia1]

Is it me or is it sound like they're saying "I Want" over and over again

[Aliyns]

I love magpie's, I have one out side my window singing the same song now. =)

[antwakefield]

Magpies sometimes imitate other birds or animals, sounds like this is what the third one is doing.

[devilgirl255]

Cute :)

[A5ianG4nGsTa]

Lol there fat :p

[Rat3rX]

panth0091 LOL HE DID !

If u know ALOT about magpies send a message to my account and i will get back to u

[panth0091]

did your hear that at 0:42 he said dork!! hahahaha

[Bashurs]

makes me miss australia!!

[17lauren90]

i wish we had these magpies in the UK. the british ones are horrible!

[LAtexStretch]

Thes dont look or sound like British Magpies at all.

What country are your from n0tepad??

[smk65536]

they're Australian magpies :)

[TheOriginalLHM]

Sounded a bit like R2-D2!

[dragonbound]

Heehee I thought the same. Perhaps the bird lives near someone who watches Star Wars a lot.

[Sillybilly114]

I love magpies! We have a family that now gets it's daily feed off us! They recognize my car and come swooping up to the fence demanding their food as soon as I'm out of the car!!

A friend of mine raised one once as it only had one leg & it was such a character! It played with their dog and ate from a cat's bowl. Was a funny thing- lived for about 10yrs I think!

[tallfamily178]

sound like chicken and duck haha

[mecoffeeaddict]

and wow, your sound so awesome. Ours just caw like crows.

[mecoffeeaddict]

hey, our magpies here in BC Canada, have white chests and white wings and black everywhere else.

[pahkwesikan1]

dont forget long tails :D

[BarryDennen12]

Wow! What part of the country are you in?? Ours sing a way different song.

[patience0791]

aren't they cute! They're so chubby and round and fluffy :) We used to feed them in our garden, but they stopped coming after we went overseas for a few months :(

Ah, well. Good times while they lasted.

[MephFaustus]

that is a VERY unnatural sound. How strange! I'd love to send that to a zoologist and see what they said about it!

[SPLIMLETLET]

I've observed young maggies practicing singing. They seem to do a lot of experimenting and that seems to include the sampling of other bird song. I even heard one break into a bit of Rainbow Lorikeet once. I have found them be very intelligent animals. they are also very adaptive.

[SPLIMLETLET]

I listened again. This bird may have spent some time when young being reared or cared for by somebody. I once knew someone that helped rear an magpie that was injured. It picked up quite a few human phrases. It would loudly say "hello shawn" when the guy would come to feed it. Very funny.

[MephFaustus]

that's so cool. I had no idea they could mimic those other sounds. very interesting. ^^

[fuckinqueenslander]

We had a magpie nesting up the back of our house not so long ago and we'd get some leg ham for it to feed its chicks. I think there were two chicks, but if you threw it one bit of ham, it'd just look at you like "I need another bit", so they most certainly have the ability to count and stuff like that.

[dvorak18]

Whoa! Look at the size of them, they're like footballs! :D

Are these Victorian magpies? That one doesnt sound alot like the typical Victorian bird.

[n0tepad]

these are south australian magpies with white backs (when they lift their wings their feathers are completely white on their back). only this one magpie makes this strange noise otherwise they probably sound exactly like victorian magpies.

[nunnayerbeeswax]

@n0tepad Talk about chubbies - I love these maggies and thanks for the video! What sort of meat do you feed them? I'm using a bit of raw roo mince!

[Geelongthecats]

hahahahaha that is very cheeky mate.

[bentsynth]

I love magpies these are so different from the ones here in california very friendly too.

[mmaa21]

omg, this magpies are fat!! Have you squeezed the video size, or are they just really fat. hehehe cute though. around 30 sec, the magpie is too lazy and hardly grabs the food of ur hand

[n0tepad]

i didnt alter the aspect ratio of the vid. the older magpies around here are pretty big. i think they are fluffing their feathers a bit here because they are singing so they look a bit bigger.

[Macalla26]

Are these Australian Magpies?

[n0tepad]

yeah. i havent heard another magpie sing as good as one i clearly remember in queensland but they still sing pretty good. theres literally dozens of these magpies around our house now.

[SPLIMLETLET]

Yes,they are top little ozzy magpies

[Geelongthecats]

yes. and they are magpie and they are wild bird.

[fibee1380]

@Macalla26 magpies r only australian! omg!

[TheVeg1234]

no their not, got them in nz