That's brilliant: a zombie Magpie perhaps, given the walking (flying?)
dead's legendary penchant for eating fresh brain?
cheers
Craig Williams
> G'day All
>
> Many years ago I saw an Australian Magpie kill a fledgling Yellow-
> rumped Thornbill, eat its brain and then fly off.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
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> Michael Tarburton
> Melbourne
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> On 27/02/2008, at 11:10 AM, Greg & Val Clancy wrote:
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>> I have now checked HANZAB which lists small passerines and some non-
>> passerines in the diet of the Australian Magpie. Richard's
>> (Australasian) Pipit and pardalote are both listed. Some of these
>> would be as carrion (roadkills etc.).
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>> I am not totally convinced that all attacks by Magpies on pipits
>> constitute foraging as I have witnessed this on dozens of occasions
>> but have never observed a kill.
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>>
>> Greg Clancy
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