Dedicated to understanding and falling in love with the remarkable emotional and mental abilities of birds, and the unsuspected richness of their societies.

Striated Pardalote

scrub wren on a postThis bird is a special friend.  From tip of the beak to the end of the tail the bird is no more than 11 cms long.  Don't let this picture fool you, it has been magnified heaps.  read more »

Wild Bird Talking - Success Story - Ken Charms The Galahs And Saves His Tree

One of my friends had some exciting news for me. 'Tell Gitie, what she says works', was the message her friend Ken had asked her to convey to me.   read more »

Wild Bird Talking - Success Stories - Sue helps a Fairy wren

A fairy wren accidentally entered my friend Sue' s office one busy afternoon.  Sue was flat out answering phone calls, when she noticed the bird agitatedly trying to escape.  The phones kept ringing and Sue wasn't getting the chance to open the windows and pull the screen frame off to let the bird out.  Meanwhile, the bird was getting even more desperate in her attempt to find a path and was endangering herself as she flew about the room and pushed herself against the glass windows.  read more »

Have You Asked A Bird For Help? Find Out what happens in the Special Edition of Wild Bird Talking

  • Read one lady's Believe It Or Not   true story when she asked a bird for help.
  • Follow Aussie bush writer Brian Taylor's journey as he interprets the actions of the birds he meets to learn about the events unfolding in his life - an exclusive from  his new book 'A Swag of Memories' to be released in  August by Hachette Australia.

Now You See Me, Now You Don't!

Who is that calling so loudly, interrupting my reverie?  It's not a sound I hear often and never before so loud.  Yes, I'm definitely being called. 

But outside there's no one to be seen.   Hey, wait a sec, who's that calling me from behind the leaves in the bottlebrush?  Which is really strange because in all the years we've had this plant, no bird has ever visited it before, even though it is meant to be a bird-attractor.   read more »

Wild Bird Kingdom - Keys to Friendship (Free Gifts)

Make friends with the birds that live around you, talk to them and discover their wonderful world

You don't have to go on a wild life safari in a remote jungle or trek through the Antarctica to discover the amazing life of the fellow creatures who share this world with us.

One of the most wonderful worlds exists all around you, right in your backyard, or local park, or suburban flat. 

Birds have an incredibly loving, extremely intelligent, complex and intricate social life. They care for their families, their communities, their inter-species network.  They are great communicators and love making friends.  Yet, we humans are so busy with our lives that we often don't notice the magical world we live in.

You too can enjoy the fascinating world of talking to the wild birds that live around your home.   read more »

To help you make friends with the birds and enjoy the magic for yourself we have created these Free Gifts which you can download.

Conscious Animal Radio Interview

Conscious Animal Radio Logo Gitie has been interviewed live on Conscious Animal Radio, the internet radio show by Christine Agro, which is devoted to helping us humans to appreciate the hidden and beautiful spiritual qualities of the animals who share our planet with us. The interview was on Monday October 22, 2007 Live at 12 Noon EST (New York time). That's 2a.m. on east coast Australia! Maggie was in bed, but I'm sure he was dreaming wonderful dreams!

Click Here to listen to the interview now.

Ron

Welcome, Human Friends!

Welcome to Winged Hearts, the site dedicated to understanding and friendship with our fellow travellers on planet Earth. Brought to you by the Australian Magpie, Maggie, and his friends.

 
    
 

Meet Maggie

  • Maggie is a real bird
  • He lives in the Australian bush
  • All his friends are real
  • All their stories are true
Maggie's photo
Waterbirds taking off from the nearby dam        

Not Just a Bird...

Just some of the many remarkable things Maggie has taught us that we humans just don't even imagine to be possible.

  A Rosella pays a visit to the back yard
 

Birds I View

Our observations of the nearby Australian native birds that let us do a photo shoot.

Maggie, Dimpy and others sit on the clothes line together on a cold, wet day  

Feathery Tales

True stories of individual birds we know by name, and real-life stories about bird-bird and bird-human friendships.

  A wallaby mum with Joey in the pouch
 

Grounded!

Stories about the non-birds who share Maggie's realm with him.

A babler searches for insects amongst the loose rocks of the retaining wall  

Winged Tips

Helpful hints about birds, just as Maggie and his friends explained to us!

  Maggie spies something very interesting in the water bowl

The Sticky Beak

Maggie's cam turns its gaze on the activities of the birds in their daily lives.

Larry the pied butcherbird on the power wire  

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Surprise Guests Drop In For A Spot of Lunch

A cloudy day and the rainbow lorikeets are flying over to the fruit trees in the neighbouring paddocks.  Our mulberries have long been eaten and  we haven't seen our old friends for some weeks now.  The magpies and butcherbirds have been chatting.  Wendy magpie is now two years old and almost fully adult colours.  Except for her size which is slightly bigger than Sophie, she is really hard to distinguish from her older sister, especially from a distance.   Kerry butcherbird too is two years old and almost adult colours and similarly difficult to tell apart  read more »

Lessons From A Chance Rescue - About Babblers, Magpies and more

When Ron rescued a small bird running desperately for its life from a crow, little did he know how much joy and learning the day would bring.  The full story is in our blog A Lucky Rescue Makes A Happy Family and in the pictures below.

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