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Uncle Joe

(58,349 posts) Fri Oct 22, 2021, 01:44 PM Oct 2021

Woman Gives Toys to a Wild Magpie -- and He Invites His Friends Over to Play The Dodo Wild Hearts

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Woman Gives Toys to a Wild Magpie -- and He Invites His Friends Over to Play The Dodo Wild Hearts (Original Post) Uncle Joe Oct 2021 OP

Thanks. I always love reports on magpies and other corvidae. brush Oct 2021 #1

Oh, me too! Laffy Kat Oct 2021 #2

This one's not a corvid. cab67 Oct 2021 #3

Very smart birds! Folk-saying heaven... Hekate Oct 2021 #4

brush

(53,764 posts)

1. Thanks. I always love reports on magpies and other corvidae.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 02:30 PM

Oct 2021

Very intelligent creatures they are.

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)

2. Oh, me too!

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 02:46 PM

Oct 2021

I am friends with some common ravens at work. I leave raw walnuts for them on a railing and they always look for me.

cab67

(2,992 posts)

3. This one's not a corvid.

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 04:26 PM

Oct 2021

Australian magpies are part of a group endemic to that continent.

Hekate

(90,645 posts)

4. Very smart birds! Folk-saying heaven...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 04:28 PM

Oct 2021

One for sorrow,
two for joy,
three for a girl,
four for a boy,
five for silver,
six for gold,
seven for a secret never to be told,
eight for a wish,
nine for a kiss,
ten for a bird you must not miss.

Or

One for sorrow,
Two for mirth
Three for a funeral,
Four for birth
Five for heaven
Six for hell
Seven for the devil, his own self

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