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Hi All, I have a male Magpie frequenting my garden area , going around
picking up sticks and laboriously carrying them up into a River Red Gum right
beside my house. He has been "messing about" like this for some days now but
search as I may I cannot find any sign of a nest being built, neither in the
tree he spends most of his time in nor in any of the many other trees around.
There are NSW Spotted Gums, Red-flowering Ironbarks, Lemon Scenteds etc., all in
close proximity.
Last year I had a family of four frequently visiting my garden from a nest
some 100m away and am assuming this current male to be one of that family ,
perhaps trying to establish a territory of his own.
Is this sort of thing common in young Magpies? He doesn't seem to
have a girlfriend around.
Tony.
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