Magpies

[calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds <>]

"  He was a caring father, while this one rarely feeds fledglings and bossy."

Many such cases.

John L

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 at 16:39, mariko buszynski via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

Our previous magpie family which owned our garden area was kicked out by the present group about 6 years ago.  It consists of one male and two females.  Recently it was joined by a female helper.  About 2 weeks ago one adult male came to our garden and I thought it was one of their offspring.  In our place we feed magpies on demand.  When I threw food at him he did not know what to do, while food was hitting him, so I thought he cannot be the offspring.  Some rogue magpie?  But he came with other members of the group and he quickly learned to catch food in 2-3 days.  Do magpies recruit  new adult members?  In my opinion, the current male magpie is very inferior to the previous one.  He was a caring father, while this one rarely feeds fledglings and bossy.

Any opinions?

Mariko

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