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VickiNumbers
Hyacinth Macaw
VickiNumbers


Join date : 2011-05-21
Age : 56
Location : Denver, CO, United States
My Birds : Allie ~ Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure
Mickey ~ Turquoise Green Cheek Conure
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PostSubject: Magpies..    Magpies..  EmptyWed Mar 07, 2012 4:13 am

They're not parrots!

Still... it's interesting!

Why Do Elk Tolerate Magpies?
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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
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Join date : 2011-05-18
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Location : San Diego County, California
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PostSubject: Re: Magpies..    Magpies..  EmptyWed Mar 07, 2012 2:03 pm

There are also cleaner fish and cleaner shrimp. Apparently there's some unwritten code that even highly carnivorous fish won't eat a cleaner fish or shrimp. That always fascinated me - why they don't eat the cleaners.

Those magpies are CUTE! You need to raid a nest and send me a baby!

Oxpeckers. . .
that's a funny name.
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VickiNumbers
Hyacinth Macaw
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Join date : 2011-05-21
Age : 56
Location : Denver, CO, United States
My Birds : Allie ~ Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure
Mickey ~ Turquoise Green Cheek Conure
Sam ~ Blue Front Amazon
Caesar ~ Bronze Wing Pionus (actually my HUSBAND's bird *grin*)
Mack ~ Lutino Cockatiel
Forté and Duncan ~ Budgerigars
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PostSubject: Re: Magpies..    Magpies..  EmptyWed Mar 07, 2012 7:19 pm

Actually they're not that cute. They're like the pigeons of the mountains - they're into everything. In Rocky Mountain National Park, they're all over the campgrounds and popular picnic sites scavenging everything they can find. You have to run them off like pigeons at Disneyland and Sea World, but they're bigger and have a crow-ish look to them.

They're a bit annoying actually. Did I already say that?

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PostSubject: Re: Magpies..    Magpies..  EmptyWed Mar 07, 2012 11:20 pm

Sounds like seagulls at the beach. Love watching the seagulls scope out the tourists. As soon as tourists leave their snacks the gulls are tearing into it. Almost seem like the gulls know who's local and who are good victims. I guess locals cover their food more effectively.
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RogerP
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Join date : 2011-05-19
Age : 56
Location : Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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PostSubject: Re: Magpies..    Magpies..  EmptyThu Mar 08, 2012 1:40 am

They are pretty looking birds but are not very nice birds. Besides being scavengers they are also well known for bullying other birds and stealing eggs.
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