alcazar

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Our house looks out onto a green. I've been watching a magpie down on the ground, it wasn't going anywhere, and it's beak was opening and closing, as if it was calling.
Pretty soon, along comes another, which SEEMED to be trying to get it to take off.

After a while, the one on the ground tried to fly, and obviously couldn't...and then the second one attacked it!

Within seconds a third appeared and the two continued to peck at the one on the ground.

Then, along came two crows. The larger took up the attack on the magpie, while it's partner watched and the other two magpies attempted, unsuccessfully, to see off the crows.

Once the large crow had killed the original magpie, they all flew off and left it, seemingly having no more interest in it.

What on earth was THAT all about?

chocolate_o_brian

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Erm...? Pass

Paben

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Change your supplier

dpb

Magpies have a terrible pr , I think?

Presumably the rest of it was territory......didn't want him on their manor

David Lock

Did he kill it with a crowbar?

He'll just get community service anyway. Probably Romanian

dl

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

Maybe the original magpie disrespected the crow by giving a dirty look.

AndyBaker

Graz

Funny creatures, and cannibalism seems very normal for them. Remember observing one at the roadside pecking away at a dead friend presumably just been hit by a car or something. Also seen them taking chicks out of the nest of a smaller bird, probably a sparrow which could do very little to stop them.

There are so many around now that perhaps some sort of cull is needed?

Graz

Funny creatures, and cannibalism seems very normal for them. Remember observing one at the roadside pecking away at a dead friend presumably just been hit by a car or something. Also seen them taking chicks out of the nest of a smaller bird, probably a sparrow which could do very little to stop them.

There are so many around now that perhaps some sort of cull is needed?

jonc

Two that came along had joy pecking the living **** out of the one in sorrow.

DYK

Maybe the now dead magpie was ******** the other magpie bird,and that wasn't enough,so he shagged the crows bird too....

alcazar

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I might have known not to expect sense on here.....

madscoob

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corvids are very manor protective, the ill young or wounded maggi would of been in the others area, so was thrashed, the crows just joined in because crows and magpies don't get on at all they just put up with each other when feeding in a large area

madscoob

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corvids are very manor protective, the ill young or wounded maggi would of been in the others area, so was thrashed, the crows just joined in because crows and magpies don't get on at all they just put up with each other when feeding in a large area

speedking

It's not called a murder of crows for nothing.

craigo

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But we can all expect something from the amazing world of nature from yourself

alcazar

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And why not? My middle names are david and david.....

David Lock

We had a Heron take off from our garden pond one day at it's usual 2 flaps per min take off speed. About a dozen crows appeared and went for the Heron in flight buzzing it and making a hell of a noise. Heron just carried on but did seem to speed up a bit. Territorial I suppose?

dl

ALi-B

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Clever birds, crows.

I watched one drag some road kill (dead pigeon) from the middle of a busy road to the pavement. Where it could peck away without having to move out of the way of the cars.

Contrast that to the wood pigeons that think they are cars and waddle down the road and get run over.

alcazar

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Hell of a bump if you run over a wood pigeon.........oh, I see......

ALi-B

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They don't fit in bonnet scoops either

I'd just straightened the intercooler fins too