Magpie Tucker

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Subject:	Magpie Tucker
From:	Neil Waller <>
Date:	Fri, 01 Nov 1996 15:58:46 +1030

Last weekend I was mowing a considerable area of long grass which 
displaced quite a number of mice.

One magpie took great interest in this, and even followed one mouse
under a car, after only a little hesitation.

It chased it briefly, then apparently felt there were easier ways of
getting a meal and gave up.

Are mice on the magpie menu normally?

-- 
Neil Waller     
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, South Australia
Telephone:      Oz: (08) 8204 9218; International: (618) 8204 9218
Mail:           GPO Box 1047, ADELAIDE 5001     Australia

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