magpies

local magpies eating mince and singing. one of them makes a sound totally unlike a normal magpie sound.

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Pets & Animals

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• birds
• wildlife
• handfeeding
• magpie
• magpies

[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.

[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.

[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.

[TheOriginalLHM]

Sounded a bit like R2-D2!

[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!

[renumeratedfrog]

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

[kprotel]

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

[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?

[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.