Thursday 28 December 2006

Magpies


Parent and two children foraging for food on my front lawn this morning.
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  1. Olivier28 December, 2006 15:11

    ah les pies voleuses. belle photo, en esperant qu'elles n'ont pas voles tes bijoux ;o)


    ah the magpies robbers. beautiful photograph, while hoping that they do not have steal your jewels ;o)

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  2. Kate29 December, 2006 00:17

    I don't think I've ever seen a magpie. They may be robbers, but their markings are quite beautiful.

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  3. ~tanty~29 December, 2006 01:04

    Lovely :)

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  4. Ming the Merciless29 December, 2006 04:56

    Like Kate, I don't think I've ever seen a magpie either. I read about them in a nursery rhyme growing up. Are they like crows here in the US, ie. hardy and scavangers.

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  5. Sally29 December, 2006 07:20

    Magpies aren't related to crows, and aren't scavengers in the same sense. They have the most beauritifully sweet, warbling call. They are renowned for 'swooping' if you come into their nest area during nesting season.

    More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Magpie

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  6. Anonymous31 December, 2006 16:03

    The Australian magpie owes its name purely to sharing similar colours with its northern counterpart, and is a very different bird in both behaviour and song.

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  7. Anonymous02 January, 2007 15:55

    Oh, there is magpies of Austrailia. I happened to take photo of magpies of Korea. Those are somewhat different. :) You can see them by visiting my blog.

    Happy New Year.

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