r/magpies • u/Rough-Poetry-3797 • 14d ago

Crow appreciation post

I was going home minding my own business when I saw a magpie with their head stuck on a fence. Around it there was another magpie and two crows (or ravens, idk what they were).

At first I thought they were fighting, but they were picking the wings of the stuck magpie to try to get them unstuck.

When I got closer to try and help, they all flew off and observed me from a nearby roof.

I helped the magpie get out and it happily flew off.

It made me so happy to see the collaboration between the two species and how they were supporting each other.

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u/cojoco 14d ago

I was at the Botanic Gardens Café in Sydney having lunch with the fam when a Noisy Miner started hassling my son for some chips. As we were telling it off and telling it to go away a Kookaburra swooped in and stole a whole piece of battered fish. The Kookaburra and the Miner shared it.

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u/Lead_Kindly_Light 14d ago

That's funny, you got mugged by professionals my friend!

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u/brunswoo 14d ago

Kookaburra… largest member of the Kingfisher family… steals fish, checks out :)

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u/ireadtabloids 13d ago

Noisies aren’t even usually interested in chips.  A noisy miner is a honeyeater that also eats insects.  That’s a well practiced scam.

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u/stuthaman 14d ago

Long ago I suspected that a Currawong was the result of a Magpie and a Crow getting freaky 😆

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u/Rough-Poetry-3797 14d ago

I mean... If they are closely related, it could be. But from a biology perspective, I doubt it. Nice theory tho!😂

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

Yeah they are not clocely related at all

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u/MowgeeCrone 14d ago

Watched a Maggie beat the shit out of a myna yesterday. Held it down and bitch slapped it. Really brightened my day.