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Birdies
Yesterday I was visited by two Australian Magpies, adult male and a flying-capable juvenile. Sort of. Another male, I think, but still half fluff/immature plumage, so hard to tell. The chick was busy demanding food of the adult, who probably came up here to the sixth floor to escape him. He followed when the adult left, doing something between a take-off and a plummet from the balcony rail. I guess I can uncover the fibre hanging baskets until next nesting season.
Magpies are good avian parents. Another birdwatcher I know has witnessed a pair each taking one of their chicks to teach it how to get food, but the young birds don't give up easily. I used to live in a small apartment block whose front lawn was regularly occupied by "teenaged" magpies who had been stealthily abandoned by desperate parents to make them do it themselves.
Magpies are good avian parents. Another birdwatcher I know has witnessed a pair each taking one of their chicks to teach it how to get food, but the young birds don't give up easily. I used to live in a small apartment block whose front lawn was regularly occupied by "teenaged" magpies who had been stealthily abandoned by desperate parents to make them do it themselves.
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Meaning the yelling of the young magpies who do not agree that they have good parents? Oh yes :-) This one didn't quite have the breath to yell much, which is good.
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