sexing magpies

[ausjack]

any one know how to tell the sex of a magpie?

[bellyflorin]

Does it keep pecking you and won't shutup  , well you know  what sex that is  hehe

[robbiegal]

ouch!!!!


ha ha
here the females have more grey feathers, and are smaller and less attractive

the males a blacker all over and more handsome birds

and they fight more than the girls

[ausjack]

cheers, that's what I thought as I've been watching the babies and i reckon I can pick them from a few months now. :good:

[Robster]

I have a family in a large gum tree adjacent to my home. They quite often patrol the back lawn  in search of food. The Treasurer thinks I have lost my marbles as I try to copy their whistles and warbles.!
I am pretty certain the birds have exactly the same opinion.!:whistle2:

[ausjack]

Yeah it was a good season this year as ours had 2 lots of babies so there's 8 full time that live next to my neighbour and a few part times that come for a feed as well
And nah mate, if you were expecting her to answer with a warble well that's a different story so I'd say your still play with all your marbles :good:

[JeffH]

What sex is this one? http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z57/jabiru_stamps/Stamp1980AustralianMagpie.jpg

[keldaw]

that's a male magpie .. trust me ..     ,, kel ,,

[trout]

We have Willy Wagtails, Maggies and Butcher birds here :good:
The crows that used to hang about have mysteriously "disappeared" :diablo:

[ausjack]

What sex is this one? http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z57/jabiru_stamps/Stamp1980AustralianMagpie.jpg

:dontknow: sorry Jeff, it's not real :winkextra:
but if anything I'd say female going off my book
sorry Kel

[keldaw]

:big_boss: ok A J , you the BIG BOSS you win again . I give up   ..  :beg:    please forgive me  for I have been caught out again ,wont I ever learn ..??   ,, kel ,,

[JeffH]

Do the males feed the fledglings? Or just the females?

[ausjack]

both as far as I can tell but more so the mum's :good:

Sorry Kel, I'm so mean :cray:

[keldaw]

I feed every morning and every afternoon  , 3 magpies , mum dad and baby and both of them feed the baby , and mum and dad eat out of my hand . plus 3 kookaburra,s , that eat out of my hand.
  3 butcher birds , these are the meat eaters so we buy a large roll of dog,s meat from the supermarket , I cut it into 2 inch blocks and wrap it separate and put it in my fridge/ freezer in my shed ..
 then all the mickies come round when it is feed time and they will eat anything , . but I don't like to feed them , but cant stop them , they wait me out every time ..    ,, kel ,,

[robbiegal]

These pics are from 2010
a very wet cold day
my maggies were in full swing as I feed them mince in little balls
the shyer ones don't eat from my hand but the one in the right of the pic would only eat from my hand - she wouldn't touch the food otherwise. she would wait at the back door or pace up and down the kitchen window ledge & they even sit on the electricity wire and watch out for me in the kitchen and then fly down
the dog loves them cause it means she will get hand fed mince too!
they come back each year
I think the one to the left is the boy and the other 2 are females but i'm no expert on birdies



far left bird


far right bird
[/i]

I feed every morning and every afternoon  , 3 magpies , mum dad and baby and both of them feed the baby , and mum and dad eat out of my hand . plus 3 kookaburra,s , that eat out of my hand.
  3 butcher birds , these are the meat eaters so we but a large roll of dog,s meat from the supermarket , I cut it into 2 inch blocks and wrap it separate and put it in my fridge/ freezer in my shed ..
 then all the mickies come round when it is feed time and they will eat anything , . but I don't like to feed them , but cant stop them , they wait me out every time ..    ,, kel ,,

what are mickies Kel? are they the miner birds?
birds are great to feed
I reckon that feeding the birds is a nice way to start or end days