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Subject: Fwd: Magpies
From: "David McDonald (personal)" <>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 05:23:00 +0000
Pls respond directly to Ken Wood, not to me: m("grapevine.com.au","kenpwood");"> - thanks - David
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Subject: Magpies
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:14:29 +1100
From: Ken and Pam Wood m("grapevine.com.au","kenpwood");"> <>
To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds-owner");">


G'day, I would like to advise of observing strange feeding habits of our
local magpies this season. Early in the hatching season I observed 3 magpies
feeding a young one. Two were males and one female. I was giving them some
beef mince and each adult bird would feed the young squawker.  I let the www
of HubPages know and he said he had heard of two females feeding a young
bird, but never two males.

Would this be news to your organisation, or not?

I have been observing magpies for 70 years, since I was a kid during the 2nd
world war. Firstly by bird nesting, (collecting there eggs) and more so
since I retired from work. I have trained a number of back yard birds,
magpies, pee wees and willie wagtails to take a bit of mince from my
fingers. One pee wee got quite tame and would sit on my head whist having  a
bite to eat.

Yours, Ken Wood, 45 Pickworth St, Holt 2615 ph 62546097
m("grapevine.com.au","kenpwood");">



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