I used to live on acreage in Northern NSW (Australia). A baby Magpie had fallen from it's nest in a nearby tree, so I put him back in his nest. The next day, the father of the chick flew to my back door and introduced himself, this became a daily occurrence. Some months later while I was outside he returned with the chick I had rescued, who immediately flew onto my outstretched arm. These meetings continued on a regular basis. Over the next 10 years, and subsequent generations of my rescued Magpie did the same as the offspring grew, and became a parent they introduced me to their new chicks. I no longer live at that location but fondly remember the bond I had with the Magpies and how intelligent they are.
Are you certain it fell from nest. The parents arre known to "deposit" their chick in a safe place where they know it will be looked after. They do this in times where nearby ground food supply might be lacking. A chick turned up near our front door. We have three families that drop by most days for their treats but we try to not get in the habit of this knowing they need to learn their natural instincts. We should avoid putting food in their mouths so they learn properly. The chick was moved further away but parents still drop in for a feed which they fly off with to feed the young one. They are the pick of several species arond our area, a chorus of 3-4 of them is unbelievable to hear.
Awesome story--what a great experience! There have been experiments done showing that crows (very closely related to European magpies, if not the Aussie version--although they behave so similarly) can indeed recognize the faces of individual humans, and recall which ones are friendly (or at least harmless) and which ones have engaged in threatening (experimentally threatening, so no harm was done) behavior toward crows. And there even seems to be evidence that they can somehow communicate to other crows which humans are bad 'uns: one experimenter who used different masks to test crow responses reported that the "threatening" mask--no matter who wore it, he recruited various students to play the part to try to determine if crows used facial recognition, or more generalized clues--got harassment from far more crows than had been threatened by it. So your magpies may well have not only recognized you as a "friend," but also told their feathered friends that you were good folks to hang out with.
Hah ha! That's funny,...you'd have to quickly run round the front door before the bird got there. And if that fails try to remember if you've left a window open lol.
The best part of befriending Maggies, is when the parents eventually bring the offspring to meet you. For food of course. I used to laugh, Others wold be dive bombed whilst passing the nested tree, except me. haha. A most intelligent creature.
Very true!... My father fed the magpies and each year they'd bring their babies, sometimes twins, and they'd bring their babies. They were never a danger and he was never swooped. They'd stand around the table (butcher birds too) and sing for their supper. Thankyou for not giving the ducks bread! ❤️
Intelligent and with photographic memories. It is believed they can store the imagery of faces of those who treat them properly and if you are not one of those you become a bombing target in the nesting season.
This is the new “Farmers Dilemma”. But instead of a fox, a chicken, and a bag of corn - it’s about a magpie, several of other birds, and from the birds POV a seemingly unlimited supply of bird food indoors,.. 😁
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia FYI, the complete white on the back of a magpie shows it’s a male, black with white portions, female. So your call he a she in the vid 👍
@@cookersmith133 Hi, her back must just look a pure white on camera but in real life it's definitely a mottled/grey colour. She often visits me with a male so it's easy to see the difference from my side. I actually have a video coming up (maybe in a month or 2) where I do point out the difference. I do appreciate the info but it's just one of those things where it must look different on camera for some reason.
You appear to be a well trained human. I find the differences between magpie species quite fascinating. The UK ones are extremely shy and nervous. They wont even land in my garden if i am out there.
One of the last videos I uploaded on my channel is me flying around two Aussie magpies with a tiny drone...They are definitely not shy and try to take me out of the air :D
@noodlechild666 Some not so lovely people make life a hell on earth for Magpies in UK .Small wonder they are shy and nervous ....Have a couple come and visit my balcony now .They are nesting too .
I have 7 of them. They come to visit me and for a bit of Helga multi seeds bread. And some short visit, shit everywhere and then leave towards the Park in front on my home. I don't complain, they really keep company and they sing. They come inside but I warned them one slop and they're out. It seems like they can't control their dropping and I can see a way to stop them. Should I put a nappy on them?
It's no wonder that Maggies are Australia's favourite bird. When you look into their eyes you can see that fierce intelligence. I find them enthralling. Great video. 😊✨
They are good , but i kinda have a soft spot for the big black crows , they are also very smart , also the old kookaburra, although i dont think ive ever seen a kooka in the big smoke , only out in the country , quite a few out in the sticks , not forgetting the cockatoo ( noisy buggers ;) ) ..
@@mikldude9376yeah I love the forest ravens we have in abundance in Tassie. They seem to almost play games, and I’ve long known they are exceptionally intelligent.
lots of these magpies here in New Zealand. love when they sing. Been to Aussie a few times and seen the crows of there, watched one operated a water drinker in a park, very smart bird.
@@User-iq4rw i do spend a lot of time working on mindfulness, birds just give me that nice instant gratification that helps me ease into a better state of mind
Check out the channel called The Dodo too dude, it's full of heart-warming animal videos. Daily Dose Of Internet is worth checking out too, it's highlight clips from the internet of interesting/cool/wholesome stuff.
Absolutely adorable! Reminds me of when I used to live in a riverside house and fed some ducks and geese off my dock one day early on. The next morning I heard lots of weird tapping and my little dogs were going crazy. I got up to see what was wrong and there was an entire flock of ducks and Canada geese tapping on my sliding patio door, demanding more food, lol.
I feed a homeless cat who lives in my garden, and a seagull is finishing what he didn’t eat. Once he ate everything so there was nothing left for the seagull. She came and started knocking on the glass door. Once my husband shooed her that she wouldn’t eat cat food, so she took away cat’s dish. We had to go and buy a special heavy shallow steel one that she wouldn’t be able to take with her
Clearly, part of the problem is that you're bribing the bird to leave, thus reinforcing the coming-in behaviour. One possible course would be to leave the bird there, and use another way to get back outside to where the other birds would be fed within the view of the magpie. This, of course, would depend on the magpie not following you further into the house, and also on the bird being bright enough to recognise the consequences of coming inside. It also might just result in your having a magpie that follows you everywhere.
@@moptopbaku6022 I think you're probably unfamiliar with feeding wildlife. They're remarkably quick to pick up on what they have to do to get free food. I doubt the magpie foresaw the consequence of going inside, but it is easily smart enough to learn that it gets food when it's gone in.
The people of Australia are so loving and nurturing. God knew what he was doing when he sent the special animals there to live. BLESSINGS TO A WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND BLESSED PEOPLE.
Hero's been watching the latest bird blockbuster "How to train your human." :D Sneezey is the cutest. Thank you for all the videos and congratulations on reaching your goal in the protein challenge. Wishing you a great week :D
The birds are such miraculous creations from mother nature, but your graceful voice is even more enjoyable. Stay blessed and please don't let anyone eat those gracious creatures
Please don't confuse what you see in the news with our reality. We are blessed in this country with our wildlife. Wouldn't live anywhere else ❤ Nice to meet you.❤
@@chrispryor1422 I'm not talking about anything I see "in the news". Mostly stuff on individual videos confirmed by mates in OZ on a forum. You've got some creatures I'd prefer to never cross paths with, spiders and snakes included. BTW, not my device, I'm female, so yeah, there's that "I scream like a girl" thing, too. Still, love the birds though!
Yes, there are several nasty and venimous species here BUT so are there in many tropical and humid regions around the world. In most cases we have now developed antivenines etc for the our worst
Magpies are so clever and cheeky. I am amazed by our little magpie friend every single day! Ours hides under the couch so we can’t get her to take her outside 👀🙄🫣🤣❤️ love ur videos and ur friendship with all the different birds around you ❤️
I love astronomy so I'm often in my garden late at night and in to the early hours. I regularly hear the magpies talking to each other especially on still nights. Just the most beautiful bird sound in the world.
I have a similar issue with rainbow lorikeets. I have to be exceptionally careful closing the screen door... And yesterday, one of the newer babies was attached to the screen door (exterior) making baby 'feed me" noises, so he/she has already learnt who the sucker...I mean human feeder is.
I love the maggies! Rainbows mob me here. One of them will come inside through the doggy door, then jump up on the fruit bowl & help herself. She’s been watching me get an apple out of there to cut up for them all for ages. Now, she cuts me out of the process, cheeky little bugger! 🥰
Crows and magpies have great memories as well. I've heard stories of people who fed them, they were tame like these ones, then they moved away. Came back to the area months or YEARS later and the same birds came right up to them like, hey where the hell have you been my friend!!!
Yes! Some time last year or the year before Hero (in this video) disappeared for months. I thought she was gone forever. Then one day we saw eachother and both excitedly ran over to eachother :) Another magpie was bullying her and must have claimed the territory for awhile.
Yes little cheeky one of the magpies,😅 oh well they are like little children the birds, what happened the to the kookaburras it's not Kookaburra season in your area not sure, love your videos keep keep it up yes of course good thumbs up for you thank you👍🥰
Clever bird 🤣 Just goes to show how intelligent those bird are ! Never underestimate a magpie . Is sneezy sneezy for a reason ? I love all your birds 😘💐🇬🇧🇬🇧
Wow you live in paradise. All i have are city pigeons, lizards, scorpions, and an occasional gecko in my yard. Greetings from Las Vegas! New supporter # 36.3K+🔔🔔👍 I hope to be new YT buddies. thanks
I remember a few years ago being in a park in Perth Australia and 2 kookaburras, a duck and 2 magpies came up to us and hung out: I live in the UK and the magpies are completely different - even the sounds they make: Australian magpies make a kind of mild, "watery" cooing sound - while our's sound like an old hag that just dropped something on her toe. TBH they even seem like a completely different species of bird. Our's are quite aggressive and they even look different physically: for some reason, to me, there is something pre-historic looking about Australian magpies but I still can't make out what it is.
That's because they are a different species - Aussie maggies are passerines, not corvids. Also, Kookas aren't native to Perth - they're a pest from over east!
Aussie Maggies are also mimickers but not as good as our Lyrebirds are. They are capable of mimicking the soulds of other birds, dogs and things like sirens or chainsaws. Remarkable learners.
Sneaky little magpie, lol! I got to remove my heart monitor today, and will be shipping it back. I've started physical therapy and occupational therapy. Still not very steady on my feet. It's rather frustrating, honestly. I still don't really have much of an appetite, which for me is very strange, as I like to eat. I'm lucky if I can choke down a couple slices of toast. I guess this is going to be a very long recovery. I also found out I have a heart murmur. Apparently, it's genetic; my dad has ir, my brother has it and I think my mum has it. Well, I 'm worn out again so I'm going to go to sleep. Chat soon.
Do you ever get the occasional taps on the window at night?, you know, from the local nocturnal wildlife?. I figure they have heard from the daytime birdies where all the snacks and love come from haha
I have had some possums look at me with curiosity but mostly I hear a BANG!! followed by footsteps on my roof in the middle of the night. I assume they jump from a branch to my roof and then run along. There are always heaps of possums around at night!
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia Australian possums are among the cutest of the possum family. Especially their tiny little toes and those big curious eyes❤. Do you think its possible to score some night time footage of your nocturnal rooftop tap dancers? haha
@@MrRicksta76 I'll try but I'll need to borrow a good light and even then, I'm not sure that the quality of the zoom (I suspect it's only digital zoom) on my mobile camera will be good enough to see much. I'll charge up a good torch tomorrow and see what I can do!
Prettiest little things in the world. You're so lucky to have little friends like that to visit you on your own patio. Who could resist feeding them. We have no magpies here, just black crows, rare Canada geese every few yrs. just passing through.
Reminds me of my neighbour, who told me that "you don't pick up and pet hedgehogs" right after I did. It was a release from last year, which clearly wanted to be picked up and petted, so of course I did, but it sort of offended my neighbour.
Yeah they visit me most days. She's started eating from my hand now but she's still a bit weird about it and only does it if her male companion is there with her. There are 2 other larger ducks who visit daily as well, those 2 try to bully the 2 in this video so it's a challenge to ensure they all get an equal amount of food. I need to mention that I make sure I don't give them too much food since they're wild and I give them species appropriate food (passwell crumbles).
I used to live on acreage in Northern NSW (Australia). A baby Magpie had fallen from it's nest in a nearby tree, so I put him back in his nest. The next day, the father of the chick flew to my back door and introduced himself, this became a daily occurrence. Some months later while I was outside he returned with the chick I had rescued, who immediately flew onto my outstretched arm. These meetings continued on a regular basis. Over the next 10 years, and subsequent generations of my rescued Magpie did the same as the offspring grew, and became a parent they introduced me to their new chicks. I no longer live at that location but fondly remember the bond I had with the Magpies and how intelligent they are.
Sounds amazing!
Are you certain it fell from nest. The parents arre known to "deposit" their chick in a safe place where they know it will be looked after. They do this in times where nearby ground food supply might be lacking. A chick turned up near our front door. We have three families that drop by most days for their treats but we try to not get in the habit of this knowing they need to learn their natural instincts. We should avoid putting food in their mouths so they learn properly. The chick was moved further away but parents still drop in for a feed which they fly off with to feed the young one.
They are the pick of several species arond our area, a chorus of 3-4 of them is unbelievable to hear.
Awew now I’m sad they no longer see you lol they would miss you
Awesome story--what a great experience! There have been experiments done showing that crows (very closely related to European magpies, if not the Aussie version--although they behave so similarly) can indeed recognize the faces of individual humans, and recall which ones are friendly (or at least harmless) and which ones have engaged in threatening (experimentally threatening, so no harm was done) behavior toward crows. And there even seems to be evidence that they can somehow communicate to other crows which humans are bad 'uns: one experimenter who used different masks to test crow responses reported that the "threatening" mask--no matter who wore it, he recruited various students to play the part to try to determine if crows used facial recognition, or more generalized clues--got harassment from far more crows than had been threatened by it. So your magpies may well have not only recognized you as a "friend," but also told their feathered friends that you were good folks to hang out with.
Eu só queria vê los de novo
When you make friends with very smart birds, they find a way into your heart- and your home.
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AMAZING!! All the best to you an your clever magpie!! Rodolfo, Bs. As., Argentina
@@rodorodo3060 Thank you! Much love from Australia
And yo money
That's true I agree with that I experience this with animals I love animals and they love me 😁🖐️👍💯🙏💖💛💐🌷🌻💜💙❤️💚🧡♥️💜💛💛🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It's only a matter of time before Hero learns how to get in before you do and lock you out.
Look at me! I'm the captain now.
Hahaha 😅
Hah ha! That's funny,...you'd have to quickly run round the front door before the bird got there.
And if that fails try to remember if you've left a window open lol.
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia what were you feeding Sneezy ? It looks like the Maggie like it as well.
Sorry shit happens 😂
The best part of befriending Maggies, is when the parents eventually bring the offspring to meet you. For food of course. I used to laugh, Others wold be dive bombed whilst passing the nested tree, except me. haha. A most intelligent creature.
One of my delights every year is when the magpies bring their babies to our door and teach them our garden is a safe area - plus they get treats.
Very true!... My father fed the magpies and each year they'd bring their babies, sometimes twins, and they'd bring their babies. They were never a danger and he was never swooped. They'd stand around the table (butcher birds too) and sing for their supper.
Thankyou for not giving the ducks bread! ❤️
Intelligent and with photographic memories. It is believed they can store the imagery of faces of those who treat them properly and if you are not one of those you become a bombing target in the nesting season.
@@flamingfrancis I have no doubt about that. Amazing bird. ✌
mine come for introduction with no direct feeding. They like when i work in the vegy garden and follow me as i dig up the food inadvertantly.
This is the new “Farmers Dilemma”. But instead of a fox, a chicken, and a bag of corn - it’s about a magpie, several of other birds, and from the birds POV a seemingly unlimited supply of bird food indoors,.. 😁
Hahaha I love that comparison! Reminds me of some of my videos where I would successfully get one bird out but another would fly in at the same time.
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia I used to train dogs, so I know first hand how they can manipulate us to get what they want
🍲 FEED ME! NOW!
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia FYI, the complete white on the back of a magpie shows it’s a male, black with white portions, female. So your call he a she in the vid 👍
@@cookersmith133 Hi, her back must just look a pure white on camera but in real life it's definitely a mottled/grey colour. She often visits me with a male so it's easy to see the difference from my side. I actually have a video coming up (maybe in a month or 2) where I do point out the difference.
I do appreciate the info but it's just one of those things where it must look different on camera for some reason.
I love how the animals train us, and we think we're the smart ones lol.
truth
We are the smart ones I mean some of us our.
A magpie does a lovely song for me outside my window every morning and I snap to it and feed him
I get this is a joke but still no
@@zartexkrontaculys1097 You keep your happy illusions. ;-)
You appear to be a well trained human.
I find the differences between magpie species quite fascinating. The UK ones are extremely shy and nervous. They wont even land in my garden if i am out there.
To be fair, they're not related and don't even occupy the same ecological niche. Thankfully. Imagine magpies in Europe or America dive bombing people.
One of the last videos I uploaded on my channel is me flying around two Aussie magpies with a tiny drone...They are definitely not shy and try to take me out of the air :D
@noodlechild666 Some not so lovely people make life a hell on earth for Magpies in UK .Small wonder they are shy and nervous ....Have a couple come and visit my balcony now .They are nesting too .
@@HelenaMikas Oh wow ❤
Feed them....
Sneezy is very sweet. Looks like she's talking to you and she's so gentle. Love her! Love all the others too tho.
Yeah he's so adorable 🙂💚💛
I love ducks...they always have something to say...lol.
Those Australian wood ducks are the dang cutest ducks I've ever seen in my life. And the name "Sneezy" is just over-the-top adorable!
😊❤
Looks like she has you well trained! I love magpies. So clever!
I literally was going to type this exact comment!
Yes
I have 7 of them. They come to visit me and for a bit of Helga multi seeds bread. And some short visit, shit everywhere and then leave towards the Park in front on my home. I don't complain, they really keep company and they sing. They come inside but I warned them one slop and they're out. It seems like they can't control their dropping and I can see a way to stop them. Should I put a nappy on them?
@@vipahman no you wasn’t
Now she has to pay the magpie toll!
It's no wonder that Maggies are Australia's favourite bird. When you look into their eyes you can see that fierce intelligence. I find them enthralling. Great video. 😊✨
They are good , but i kinda have a soft spot for the big black crows , they are also very smart , also the old kookaburra, although i dont think ive ever seen a kooka in the big smoke , only out in the country , quite a few out in the sticks , not forgetting the cockatoo ( noisy buggers ;) ) ..
@@mikldude9376yeah I love the forest ravens we have in abundance in Tassie. They seem to almost play games, and I’ve long known they are exceptionally intelligent.
@@mikldude9376I love the crows too. So smart and cool. They make me think of The Fonz. 😄
lots of these magpies here in New Zealand.
love when they sing.
Been to Aussie a few times and seen the crows of there, watched one operated a water drinker in a park, very smart bird.
@@mikldude9376 used to see kookas in Hornsby - although not really the big smoke. Currently in Parramatta/Hills District, plenty here too.....
I have a habit of staying up too late and getting paranoid and these videos do wonders at just making me smile and stop worrying
Try meditation, and don't give up too fast it's normal that it takes time to work. But it's worth it 🐌👍
@@User-iq4rw i do spend a lot of time working on mindfulness, birds just give me that nice instant gratification that helps me ease into a better state of mind
I'm so glad that my videos can help! 💚💛
@Wesley S bro what
Check out the channel called The Dodo too dude, it's full of heart-warming animal videos. Daily Dose Of Internet is worth checking out too, it's highlight clips from the internet of interesting/cool/wholesome stuff.
Awwww. I wish birds would follow me indoors. I'm bird obsessed. Thanks again for sharing your fluffy extended family. Warms my heart.
Thank you 🙂💚💛
Trust me - you don't. Our maggies always poop just before we feed them (to make room, I guess).
Hahaha@@thomas52905
@@thomas52905 Well stop feeding them der
Absolutely adorable! Reminds me of when I used to live in a riverside house and fed some ducks and geese off my dock one day early on. The next morning I heard lots of weird tapping and my little dogs were going crazy. I got up to see what was wrong and there was an entire flock of ducks and Canada geese tapping on my sliding patio door, demanding more food, lol.
Did you feed em tho?
I feed a homeless cat who lives in my garden, and a seagull is finishing what he didn’t eat. Once he ate everything so there was nothing left for the seagull. She came and started knocking on the glass door. Once my husband shooed her that she wouldn’t eat cat food, so she took away cat’s dish. We had to go and buy a special heavy shallow steel one that she wouldn’t be able to take with her
@@bambinaforever1402 That is so cute.
It's really amazing how she doesn't go outside even when she's shooed. She trusts you completely!
I think rather that she’s wanting food, and has learned that if she refuses to go out, she’ll get rewarded.
LouiseAustralia 🦘
Magpie: What a lovely house you've got there. I think I'll invite myself in. 😆
You are just like so many of us. We’re all sucker when it come to animal. Do they train us? Yes. Do we mind? Not in the least! 🥰
Too right mate 👍
Good morning! I love your babies,all so cute,God bless and protect you all,beautiful babies! Have good day!
When it comes to food sources, birds are very clever!
True!
Smart magpie.👍🏼😆 These birds do have a great sense of humour 🥳😆👏🏽.
I ❤ these birds, smart & intelligent 🇦🇺🌻💕
This to me is better than winning the lottery! You are so blessed 🙏
I love the Australian accent 👂👂. I could listen to you guys talk all day. It's like butter for my ears.
Good to see this again. Last time I forgot to give it a Thumbs UP. 👍
Clearly, part of the problem is that you're bribing the bird to leave, thus reinforcing the coming-in behaviour.
One possible course would be to leave the bird there, and use another way to get back outside to where the other birds would be fed within the view of the magpie. This, of course, would depend on the magpie not following you further into the house, and also on the bird being bright enough to recognise the consequences of coming inside.
It also might just result in your having a magpie that follows you everywhere.
And for its next trick, it learns how to lock you out of the house. 🤣
Yawn!!!!
@@moptopbaku6022 If this bores you, you clearly have courses of action available to you, though topping yourself might be an overreaction.
@@sylviaelse5086 I wasn't bored with the video at all, simply your attempt to rationalise the bird's behaviour.
@@moptopbaku6022 I think you're probably unfamiliar with feeding wildlife. They're remarkably quick to pick up on what they have to do to get free food. I doubt the magpie foresaw the consequence of going inside, but it is easily smart enough to learn that it gets food when it's gone in.
This is a very good human, You have trained her really well
Birds are sooooo smart and clever! and there are funny and cute!! I love all animals!! Best wish Reiner from Germany
Amazing how intelligent and easily trained they are! -Magpie talking to another Magpie about humans
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The people of Australia are so loving and nurturing. God knew what he was doing when he sent the special animals there to live. BLESSINGS TO A WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND BLESSED PEOPLE.
No we are not - we are a truly dumb, selfish, ignorant, somewhat retarded (on the outer edge of the spectrum for sure) people.
Yep she wants her treat!
What a smart birds you have… they’re beautiful.
You are such a sweet soul attuned well to mother (nature). You are blessed.
Hero's been watching the latest bird blockbuster "How to train your human." :D
Sneezey is the cutest.
Thank you for all the videos and congratulations on reaching your goal in the protein challenge. Wishing you a great week :D
Hahaha! Thank you!!! I hope you have a great week too! 💚💛
Love this. You have such a great relationship with them all and well done for filming the cheeky magpie’s trick so well.🇬🇧
They are outsmarting us 😂
Soooo much amusement- smile
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Birds are super cool and smart! Glad to see someone else out there that loves birds too :)
The birds are such miraculous creations from mother nature, but your graceful voice is even more enjoyable. Stay blessed and please don't let anyone eat those gracious creatures
She gets inside because you’ve taught her that she gets a reward when she does! 😂🇦🇺
With a voice like that I will not get out of your house either thank you for sharing
So many of the critters in OZ sound/look rather terrifying, but you guys definitely have the best birds in the world!
Please don't confuse what you see in the news with our reality. We are blessed in this country with our wildlife. Wouldn't live anywhere else ❤ Nice to meet you.❤
@@chrispryor1422 I'm not talking about anything I see "in the news". Mostly stuff on individual videos confirmed by mates in OZ on a forum. You've got some creatures I'd prefer to never cross paths with, spiders and snakes included. BTW, not my device, I'm female, so yeah, there's that "I scream like a girl" thing, too. Still, love the birds though!
Yes, there are several nasty and venimous species here BUT so are there in many tropical and humid regions around the world. In most cases we have now developed antivenines etc for the our worst
They're all so pretty :)
Beautiful, intelligent, trusting creature.
To have their trust is precious.
No doubt you have put much effort in to establishing that trust.
i envy you so much! i love magpies! and ducks! i wish i could have friends like that :)
Magpies are so clever and cheeky. I am amazed by our little magpie friend every single day! Ours hides under the couch so we can’t get her to take her outside 👀🙄🫣🤣❤️ love ur videos and ur friendship with all the different birds around you ❤️
I love astronomy so I'm often in my garden late at night and in to the early hours. I regularly hear the magpies talking to each other especially on still nights. Just the most beautiful bird sound in the world.
Yep there is definitely a magic portal from your garden to the inside of your house 🤣
I have a similar issue with rainbow lorikeets. I have to be exceptionally careful closing the screen door... And yesterday, one of the newer babies was attached to the screen door (exterior) making baby 'feed me" noises, so he/she has already learnt who the sucker...I mean human feeder is.
Haha 😅❤
What kind of Duck is Sneezy??
Gorgeous beautiful gifts you have
Pure JOY
He's an Australian wood duck 😊
Wow, incredible. They’re so friendly. ❤️🦜
Its amazing how smart Magpies are and very cool how much they trust you.
It's hard to outsmart a very intelligent Magpie!! 🥰
Lovely , REGARDS Ziggy, Canada
You are such an amazing bird mum! 🙏🏻 Greetings from the USA!
Im here now- feed me lady ! The know yur the treats lady!
I love the maggies! Rainbows mob me here. One of them will come inside through the doggy door, then jump up on the fruit bowl & help herself. She’s been watching me get an apple out of there to cut up for them all for ages. Now, she cuts me out of the process, cheeky little bugger! 🥰
So refreshing and cute .
Haha… more like you’ve learned a new trick 😂 clever birds ❤
That is the best! You filmed it so well!
Thanks!! 💚💛
Crows and magpies have great memories as well. I've heard stories of people who fed them, they were tame like these ones, then they moved away. Came back to the area months or YEARS later and the same birds came right up to them like, hey where the hell have you been my friend!!!
Yes! Some time last year or the year before Hero (in this video) disappeared for months. I thought she was gone forever. Then one day we saw eachother and both excitedly ran over to eachother :) Another magpie was bullying her and must have claimed the territory for awhile.
You madam, have the sweetest way of speaking and your accent makes you even sweeter.
Thank you ❤
Cheeky little Hero 🦸♀️
I told you this would happen, these “treaty” calls!! 😌😙😂😂😂
Haha 😅❤
Thanks for sharing vidios nice animals 🦆🐦👍🤗
Yes. Clever and cheeky for sure❤😄.
And cute!! 🙂❤
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia Of course... but you forgot to pat the belly, haha
They are so smart.. and cute! Thanks for the smile
Aaawww... How Smart !! 🐦
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Magpies are very smart as you see! They are all so cute! I love Magpies!
Hahaha 😂 what an awesome dilemma to have
I so LOVE Magpies... They are just so intelligent and fearless. Once you have their trust, they just make the best companions❣
That's a scream....birds are way smarter than people think
That's Really Cool! You're Definitely One Of The Good People & Thanks For Sharing!
I feel like the ducks never get snacks anymore.
Even though they just did lol
Great video, as always.
Thanks! 💚💛
Hero has mastered the art of the ninja. She is well trained by the high birb masters. 😊
Hahaha I love this!! 🙂💚💛
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia 😊🐦🥷
Magpies eating grain!? Too funny.....😂🤣 Love the video
Hero Is A Funny Magpie
I love her 🙂❤
I LOVE these birds, their intelligence is just incredible. ❤️
I believe they call that extortion... by magpie.
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Good morning from the UK!
Hello from Australia!! 💚💛
its pointless to resist
She has been assimilated into birdhood
greatings from waaaaaaaaaay over in Vancouver BC Canada and Great Video
Heyyyy! Thanks! 💚💛
Yes little cheeky one of the magpies,😅 oh well they are like little children the birds, what happened the to the kookaburras it's not Kookaburra season in your area not sure, love your videos keep keep it up yes of course good thumbs up for you thank you👍🥰
The kookaburras always visit they just weren't here right when I was filming this 🙂💚💛
Hahahahaha! So cute. Love them all.
Clever bird 🤣
Just goes to show how intelligent those bird are !
Never underestimate a magpie .
Is sneezy sneezy for a reason ?
I love all your birds 😘💐🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yeah for months Sneezy sneezed all the time! I worried it may have been a permanent thing but he seems to finally be better now!
yeah, she farts all the time. hence the nickname.
Probably an allergy from feathers. 🤔
Hero just wants to ride the arm train 🤣🤣👌💖
Yes the arm train!!! 🤣❤
Just make sure to be careful now when you close the door so you don't accidentally close the door on her.
Yeah I'm very careful to not hurt her little feet!
Love your accent, its very amusing.
Wow you live in paradise. All i have are city pigeons, lizards, scorpions, and an occasional gecko in my yard. Greetings from Las Vegas! New supporter # 36.3K+🔔🔔👍
I hope to be new YT buddies. thanks
You rock! Thank you so much! Much love from Australia 💚💛
I remember a few years ago being in a park in Perth Australia and 2 kookaburras, a duck and 2 magpies came up to us and hung out: I live in the UK and the magpies are completely different - even the sounds they make: Australian magpies make a kind of mild, "watery" cooing sound - while our's sound like an old hag that just dropped something on her toe. TBH they even seem like a completely different species of bird. Our's are quite aggressive and they even look different physically: for some reason, to me, there is something pre-historic looking about Australian magpies but I still can't make out what it is.
That's because they are a different species - Aussie maggies are passerines, not corvids. Also, Kookas aren't native to Perth - they're a pest from over east!
@@HorseWithNoUsername Ah, I figured so. Thanks for the comment.
The real name of Australian magpies is the " Piping Shrike "
@@hoptoads I see. Thank you.
Aussie Maggies are also mimickers but not as good as our Lyrebirds are. They are capable of mimicking the soulds of other birds, dogs and things like sirens or chainsaws. Remarkable learners.
I salute your sweetness and your love for these darlings.
Hero wants to live with you! Have you tried keeping them inside?
I'd let her stay in as long as she wants if she was toilet trained!
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia I’m sending some bird nappies
Magpies are beautiful birds mans best friend :)
Absolutely! 💚💛
Sneaky little magpie, lol!
I got to remove my heart monitor today, and will be shipping it back. I've started physical therapy and occupational therapy. Still not very steady on my feet. It's rather frustrating, honestly. I still don't really have much of an appetite, which for me is very strange, as I like to eat. I'm lucky if I can choke down a couple slices of toast. I guess this is going to be a very long recovery. I also found out I have a heart murmur. Apparently, it's genetic; my dad has ir, my brother has it and I think my mum has it.
Well, I 'm worn out again so I'm going to go to sleep. Chat soon.
All the best for your recovery 💚💛
They are so lovely. You are so lucky to have friend who are wild animals.
Do you ever get the occasional taps on the window at night?, you know, from the local nocturnal wildlife?. I figure they have heard from the daytime birdies where all the snacks and love come from haha
I have had some possums look at me with curiosity but mostly I hear a BANG!! followed by footsteps on my roof in the middle of the night. I assume they jump from a branch to my roof and then run along.
There are always heaps of possums around at night!
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia Australian possums are among the cutest of the possum family. Especially their tiny little toes and those big curious eyes❤. Do you think its possible to score some night time footage of your nocturnal rooftop tap dancers? haha
@@MrRicksta76 I'll try but I'll need to borrow a good light and even then, I'm not sure that the quality of the zoom (I suspect it's only digital zoom) on my mobile camera will be good enough to see much. I'll charge up a good torch tomorrow and see what I can do!
@@MrRicksta76 They are adorable though!
@@MrRicksta76 And I should really buy myself a better camera with a good zoom
Prettiest little things in the world. You're so lucky to have little friends like that to visit you on your own patio. Who could resist feeding them. We have no magpies here, just black crows, rare Canada geese every few yrs. just passing through.
They're fast enough, to have three grabs at something they drop from their beaks, before it hits the ground! Try doing that yourself lol.
She's certainly got you trained
Reminds me of my neighbour, who told me that "you don't pick up and pet hedgehogs" right after I did.
It was a release from last year, which clearly wanted to be picked up and petted, so of course I did, but it sort of offended my neighbour.
Utterly adorable, I just love magpies 😃😍
Do you feed the ducks regularly ? The female wanted the food, but too scared, I felt sorry for her.
Yeah they visit me most days. She's started eating from my hand now but she's still a bit weird about it and only does it if her male companion is there with her. There are 2 other larger ducks who visit daily as well, those 2 try to bully the 2 in this video so it's a challenge to ensure they all get an equal amount of food.
I need to mention that I make sure I don't give them too much food since they're wild and I give them species appropriate food (passwell crumbles).
@@BackyardBirdsofAustralia thank you. I'm so envious, I live in inner city Brisbane, so no birdlife here.