Guest Vic Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 I have two magpies nests pretty close to my own garden, and really feel for the song birds, that are repeatedly robbed of their eggs/offspring every year. I have just let my cocks out excersing, and noticed a flurry of flapping by the mapies nests. Not much noise, from the magpies, as they are noted for, but more fluttering. I realised they were getting a bit of their own medicine, when a crows head appeared from their nest. Whether they were chicks or eggs I don't really know, but after a few minutes it came out of the nest and went on its way. Good on you Joey, Call again!
pjc Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 get yourself a larson trap vic, magpies can often spoof the youngsters!
OLDYELLOW Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 if more people planted hawthorn hedges song birds would be more abundant in the garden and there nests better protected ;-)
Guest Vic Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 get yourself a larson trap vic, magpies can often spoof the youngsters! These maggies have been on the scene since a stupid neighbour ecouraged a poplar tree to grow, about 20 -25 years ago. Its now like the Beanstalk, but stupid "Jack" is no longer there. It rises high, and well above the old sycamores within its vicinity. I removed previous attempts of nesting sites, in the sycamores with a ladder on the loft top and the clothes prop until " Soft Jack" arrived. But , No traps needed, they don't bother me at all! They're clever birds and we have this "uncanny" truce between us. There are guys in our club who have had eggs and young taken by them, yet I very reallly see them near the loft.
pjc Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 they don't cause any trouble around our lofts but will take chicks and eggs from in the garden. We like to see and feed the birds in the garden and the more magpies there are the less small birds we see.
Guest spin cycle Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 glad to say my jackdaws are back...earlier this year...i feel they help with my hawks.
Guest Vic Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 ;Dglad to say my jackdaws are back...earlier this year...i feel they help with my hawks. Where do they go in the winter? ;D
Guest spin cycle Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 ;D Where do they go in the winter? ;D know what you mean vic. they must be out in the woods....they come back and nest in a chimney that we don't use....fortunately(dizzy)
Guest Vic Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Yes a disused chimney is a perfect spot. I remember as a kid trying to lift their eggs out of tree hollows with bent spoons tied to sticks. The Crow family have always been one of my favourite species, and some of them are good lookers too, rergarding plumage. What better sight than a jay in its prime? Sheer Beauty!
Guest chrisss Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Yes a disused chimney is a perfect spot. I remember as a kid trying to lift their eggs out of tree hollows with bent spoons tied to sticks. The Crow family have always been one of my favourite species, and some of them are good lookers too, rergarding plumage. What better sight than a jay in its prime? Sheer Beauty! a cock jay in its prime nice looking bird ,but i had a pet magpie [raised from a yb] and when he was "going" he looked good,he would even let me know when a cat was on the roam
Guest Vic Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 And ........ in captivity you can get them all to talk. I don't mean like "Vas ist dein name" ;D
Guest Vic Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 PS (Continued) "Vu Sweinhund!" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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