magpie nesting

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I reckon the Dependent Young bit is the fact that some young remain more dependent than others! I’ve heard of magpies in winter passing food to young birds one moment, then collecting nesting material the next.

 

Anthony

 

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Beginners Question #3

Could the references to Dependent Young in April and June explain why I was once Magpie swooped when jogging through the Aranda Bushland an event that has always mystified me?

Anthony

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Subject: magpie nesting

Philip  -  The relevant sentence in your booklet is:  "Nest building commences and peaks in July and is finished by October".  The graph in the COG atlas suggests a slightly later conclusion, and is as follows:

 

 

Bob’s mot – and you do sometimes need to be on your toes for these - related to the photograph (see below) which showed the magpie holding some whisker-like twigs, so as to suggest, perhaps, a cat, but making me think, for some reason, of the Martians in early Buck Roger comics.

 

Alastair -  I doubt that your bird is a Pectoral Sandpiper, if that’s what you’re thinking, but I’m not the expert.  g

 

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Hi All,

 

I point out once again, that my 21 Year GBS Report contains full descriptions of the timing of breeding from the GBS and the second and third edition includes the graphs of these, so the Magpie is certainly included. This will give an indication as to how ordinary or not it is to have nest building now (I think after the peak but I do not have the book with me now as I am in a hotel lobby.) The data were collected and analysed and published for a reason (this reason). So questions about the timing of the phases of nesting are easily answered there.

 

Sorry Bob though I am lost about the comment about "photo of the Magpie imitating a Cat-Bird."

 

Philip

 

 

 

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> Margaret, while the vocal imitations by some birds of other birds are =

> well documented, but I must congratulate you on your photo of the Magpie =

> imitating a Cat-Bird.  Well done, this is a really rare occurrence.

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> Cheers=20

> Bob Rusk

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