Talk to me baby

[OxQQme]

Magpie that impersonates baby laugh! -->

[montana_hazeleyes]

1. I absolutely love birds.

I had then all my life. Right now two cockatiels and a white dove.

I have learned that birds in general are very intelligent. Especially all parrot family, crows, pigeons etc. I wish I could write about the many stories about my different Parrots and my dove that show how smart they are.

Some birds seem to be more mimickers like magpies, and mynahs, but parrots are different. Things they learn and know and can do are amazing. And they are very affectionate. I could go on and on about birds but I'll stop now.lol

[valerief]

2. Magpie and puppy at play

[passiveporcupine]

3. That is so adorable

I raised a young Magpie and set it free when it was old enough to fly. It was not as friendly as these are. It was already feathered when I found it in our parking lot at work, but it couldn't fly at all and there were no bushes or anything for it to hide in. It fell out of a nest in a very tall tree in the parking lot. It would bite pretty hard, so I had to be careful around it. I set it free (at work) about a month later.

It wasn't legal to keep them as pets, or I might have tried. They really are amazing birds. I had a lot of starlings around my house, but no Magpies, so I took him back to where I knew he'd find other Magpies to join. He came flying to me after I released him, and sat on my head, but then he took off again and I never saw him again. I left his cage and food and water outside for a few days, just in case...I sure hope he survived.

I wish we had Magpies here in Oregon, but we don't. They do in Eastern Oregon, but not in my neck of the woods. They've always been one of my favorite birds. They just have such attitude.

[valerief]

4. What a great story. Your rescue was a real success.

I'm on the other coast, but it looks like they don't reside here. I have these damn cardinals that slam into my windows, because they see their reflections and chase away "the other bird." They're going to knock themselves out one of these days.

I read that magpies are really territorial and, because they're smart, can recognize their own reflections (unlike the stupid but pretty cardinals). Before the cardinals, I had nice little sparrows (now chased away by the numbskull cardinals). Some big-ass magpies would be fun. Well, fun until they dive-bombed me.

On second thought, I'd like to see those easy-going sparrows again.

[passiveporcupine]

5. And I wish we had cardinals here

Because they are so pretty. I have had to rescue two male Western Tanagers that flew into my windows and knocked themselves out. They both eventually flew away, but that doesn't mean they survivied, because they may have experienced too much brain damage. One was bleeding from it's mouth.



They are the most colorful bird we have out here, but they don't come around the house often...they live here because of the creek, and they stay high up in the trees most of the time.

One thing I read that you might want to look into...birds will fly into a window if they see light from a window on the opposite side of the room, because it looks like they can fly right through and come out the other side. I have that problem here.

[valerief]

6. Yeah, I've tried different things. Now I have removable stick-ems all over some windows. They don't

bash themselves as often now. Sometimes I think: either evolve or get off the pot, cardinals.

The cardinals sing pretty and look pretty but I miss those easy-going sparrows. They'd hang out in groups and not cause a bit of trouble.