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My back yard had a colony? Community? Flock? Large group of Magpies. They would collectively complain when I was in the back yard. One day my dog had a slow
by sliken 5y ago
My back yard had a colony? Community? Flock? Large group of Magpies. They would collectively complain when I was in the back yard. One day my dog had a slow wag which means they found something interesting. I found a baby bird, unharmed. I found a nest nearby and it had been windy recently. So I took a small cardboard box, duct taped it into the tree, and put the baby bird in it. I checked later and found the mom feeding the baby.
Ever since then, there was no complaints when I entered the back yard, and in fact they would often land on my hammock and would balance impressively (keeping the head still while the body swung) and peer in at us.
Clearly I had moved from the alarm list to the friend list, community wide. I'd often see a magpie on my fence or in a tree watching me quietly.
- valarauko 5y ago> colony? Community? Flock? Large group of Magpies charm/mischief of magpies
- seba_dos1 5y agoThe whole corvid family is incredibly social and intelligent. They can remember and recognize human faces, and quickly deduce what's important to you (your laundry, for example), so you really don't want to end up on their "enemy" list.
- jfengel 5y agocolony? Community? Flock? Large group of Magpies "Mischief", supposedly, among other terms. But such "terms of venery" are usually Victorian parlor games, not actually used in practice. Any of the words you used is fine.