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I'v been told in the past just how clever Magpies are, but this is amazing. My wife and I are fortunate fo have a decent size garden, full of fruit trees and plants, two ponds and a bird feeding area right under our bedroom window. The bird station is maybe 12 meters away for the window, and under it is a large bird bath that all birds drink and bath in.
For a few days now a Magpie takes bread off the station, and drops it in the bird bath to soften it. He/She eats some then flies away with some in their beak (feeding young I'd guess) How clever is that, and to actually see it makes our day. We also put up two sparrow hotels each with six holes in so twelve holes, we think four are currently being used to raise young. Nature is an amazing thing, maybe why I love fishing so very much? Do you have clever birds?
For a few days now a Magpie takes bread off the station, and drops it in the bird bath to soften it. He/She eats some then flies away with some in their beak (feeding young I'd guess) How clever is that, and to actually see it makes our day. We also put up two sparrow hotels each with six holes in so twelve holes, we think four are currently being used to raise young. Nature is an amazing thing, maybe why I love fishing so very much? Do you have clever birds?