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Magpie Nesting with Chicken-wire

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Subject: Magpie Nesting with Chicken-wire
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:47:11 +1000
Dear All,

Magpie nesting season appears to have started here in Gorokan, on the NSW Central Coast. For a few days there has been a Magpie in the yard collecting sticks, not so unusual. Now the little blighter has started tugging at the chicken-wire that covers a pergola. Unfortunately (for me) the chicken-wire is around 20 years old and a bit rusty in parts. This has allowed the Magster to pull away the wire from the staples that hold it to the pergola frame in places. I think I will have to do a few repairs to the wire after the nesting season is over. I know that Magpies use wire in their nests on occasions, but i have never seen one so pro-active in obtaining it before.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford
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