Even more impressive !– hope it wasn’t poisoned.
Thanks Mark
From: Mark Clayton [
Sent: Monday, 7 March, 2022 07:11 PM
To: Jean Casburn
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Magpie with mouse saga
Jean,
Going by the size of the "mouse" compared to the magpie, I think it actually has a rat. The tail appears to be too long for a mouse.
Cheers,
Mark
On 7/03/2022 5:11 pm, Jean Casburn via Canberrabirds wrote:
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This Magpie
deliberately walked towards me to show me it’s catch, or find. I suspect
the mouse came from a chook yard nearby.
The bird just stood
on the step and looked at me
for a minute or two then went back up the step to ground cover and proceeded to pull
the mouse apart.
Surprisingly the other Magpie in the vicinity did not intervene at all.
Cats do this, but Magpies?
PS I don’t feed any birds.
Jean
