bird behaviour

The Babblers are vulnerable to attacks from larger predatory birds like hawks and eagles. While they would fly off at the slightest hint of disturbance, we noticed that they seemed to like hanging around the magpies. 

Two sets of magpie parents have brought their chicks in our yard, giving us a dozen magpie babies over five years and we have never been dive-bombed. 

Birds love sunbathing.

Basking in the full sun, even on hot days, many species can be seen enjoying their siesta, in different poses and also at different times of the day.  We call it 'trancing' as they look like they are in a deep trance.

Sunbathing poses:

Full spread:-

Magpies keep our yard safe from snakes.  Most people know about the Kookaburras catching snakes and keeping their numbers under control in the bush.  But fewer people know about the roles played by magpies and butcherbirds.

Magpies are more scared of humans than people are of them.  Show Them You Care

Magpies swooping at people. It's breeding time again and reports of magpies attacking people are making headlines again.  The reality is Magpies are more scared of you than you imagine. Birds have to rely on behaviour to get their message across.  Their language is not as complex as ours, besides we don't magpie anyway.  So the bird swoop to tell you to stay away from a place.