Maggies

Or to give them the full name Magpies.
I heard one last week very close, Lucy thought so too as she dived out the door. Apparently she had left a little of her breakfast to have later. A baby magpie decided that dog nuts were a tasty snack and he had come right up to the back door.

He wasnt that scared of Lucy and only flew over to the vegie patch and sat on the tomato stake. By the time I grabbed my phone to take a photo, he had been joined by mum, who was more wary of Lucy.

I took pity on them and got some grated cheese to throw out on the lawn. Mum grabbed one piece and flew to the fence.

Once the cheese was eaten the baby (some baby, it was the same size as mum but still had the gray colouring) flew up into our tree and continued to warble/sing for several minutes.

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