Lejays17 Doll-A-Week 2020

[dunneh]

I'm a massive bird lover, so I'm sure I wouldn't mind the sound of either of them if they also lived here. I especially love listening to kookaburras on video footage, they make me laugh just like laughing babies make other people laugh and they also look super cute.
Magpie swooping does sound scary though - but it also led me to a discovery when I was looking up related information a few years ago: upon hearing about it so often, I was wondering why they never do this over here, they just rattle around (that's what we usually call the sound they make) - and upon research I realised that what I thought is a magpie over there, is, in fact, not what we call a magpie over here. Similar in colour, but a different bird

Magpies can be evil birds, and I say that as someone who has been swooped by them. My parents had a dog that hated magpies with a passion. I believe it stemmed from an incident in puppy hood, when she was given a bone to chew on by my parents, but they noticed some magpies eyeing off the bone and as Kelly was at the time a very small puppy, my parents were concerned that the magpies might peck at her eyes to try and get the bone, so they brought her inside. She sat at the back screen door and watched the magpies peck all the meat off HER bone. From that day forth she hated magpies and would always chase them whenever she saw one. Other birds didn't bother her, she would often let them play in the yard, but whenever she saw a magpie she went it. Being Richmond supporters, we were totally on board with this behaviour (the mortal enemy of the Richmond supporter is the Collingwood supporter, and the emblem of the Collingwood Football Club is the magpie, which is why they are referred to as the Pies). Having said all that magpies do sound nice when they're caroling.

I agree. I mean, I tolerate magpies because they are just birds being birds after all but they are very clever and territorial. Mama magpies are especially vicious protecting their young. It's definitely an Australian thing, I never really heard of similar species being like that overseas. Interesting that they are that different though! I don't know anyone who lives here who isn't at least partially triggered when they see a magpie-- at least when I walk under a tree with one I tense up immediately. So far I have been pretty lucky and not swooped too bad, but one time they chased my brother for a good km on his bike. Oh no! Poor Kelly! I don't blame her for hating magpies after suffering such an injustice! Poor thing. Magpies and crows used to come right up under the verandah to steal my cats food all the time too. Very sneaky. No fear at all.  

But galahs and kookaburras are the best. ♥ There are other native calls and cries I hear but I don't know what species they are. Once we saw an owl in our tree which was a treat though. I think it was a boobook owl... on listening to the call I still hear them at night so I think they are still around.

I knew Tigers hated The Pies but how do Richmond supporters feel about the Crows?

Sorry to derail with bird talk.