Training Australia's Dangerous Magpies
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I had a flock of Australian magpies hanging around my house and i decided to ask them if i could join them.
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I think if you had torn the bread up it might have been better, that way the birds won't be able to fight over the big bread piece and can't pull it away from you. Also have you heard of this invention called bird seed... or just like sunflower seeds or dried corn or really any dried cheap bag of seeds without tough outer coatings bought in bulk will work and have the same benefits as tearing up the bread just cheaper and wil;l let you put in less effort. You should see if they remember you this year by coming out a week before you start feeding them again and just ringing the bell again. Let's see Pavlov MK II in action!
I did a thing I love magpies :) I used to have a big group of them live near my house, and eventually the alpha of the group would eat out of my hand and I could even pet it after we fed them
man the magpies eat from the same dish at the same time as my cats and my cats are so chill with these cocky little fuckers i smh every time is see it
I did a thing someone should give you a medal
Good bird
I had 28 pet magpies. During swooping season, they swooped everyone else except for me. Was awesome
Vid of the magpies or didn't happen
yeah that illegal i'm sorry
Abhinav p you are an idiot
Woa
I M KING OF MAGPIES
I feed the crows in Berlin, and one brought me a present :). Just a hollowed our walnut shell, but it’s not like they can go to the shops and buy a box of chocolates.
I think the magpies in our yard did something similar, I saw some wire which the magpies seemed interested in for nest material, so I tried to talk them out of using it, I turn around & it's following me. Then days later more wire shows up in the yard. I have to pick it up cos of the lawnmower but they still deliver it. Birds are strange & fascinating to watch.
James Hudson that’s really cool !
Crows are awesome. Someone gave my dad a crow with an injured wing. So we nursed him back to health. He would protect our house from strangers. He became known as the best guard pet n our area.
I've heard of crows or magpies actually stealing jewellery and bringing them to someone.
* Ah . . .
* Noch jemand, der die wilder Natur der Grossstädte schätzt und für deren Erhaltung sorgt.
* Wie aufmerksam.
“He who controls the magpies controls the world” -some Aussie
He who controls the magpies controls Australia. He who controls australians can can serioulsy buttf**k anyone, and thus, controls the world.
Noahs go make fortnite videos
Noah, You don’t know the power of the magpie.
Noah D. He ain’t wrong
I want/need that super power
Some birds trained an Australian to ring a bell and give them bread. Neat.
The magpies trained me to give them mince and use a certain whistle when I come out.
@@rickadrian2675i have to spoon feed them marmite
You be surprised, Australians are easy to train
Ours did too. 37 years later, still happening
That's nothin 😉 .. A few local DRAGONFLIES(Scarlet Perchers), trained ..a friend of mine ...to leave the pool stagnant over winter, so they could breed up!
They are evil little red buggers!.as he had to put up with all the mozzies of course 😖. They're Evil I tell you!😈 😄
.. Though he got great video footage of them morphing(here on TH-cam today) 😎 AF
💡 They're now probably being eaten by the local MAGPIES 😉 🤣😁
Start ringing the bell in different parts of the yard, then move outside as well so the birds don't associate the yard with food, just the bell. Then you can use the bell to summon the birds to attach anyone near your house
Uh, how about the suggestion of NOT FEEDING BIRDS FKN BREAD SO REGULARLY, SO MUCH.
It's incredibly unhealthy, unnatural and awful for their digestion.
Selfish and disgusting person
@@chystal9161 ok
Chystal Aren’t you helpful.
@@chystal9161 k boomer
Chystal bruh
Congratulations! You have created *Domesticated bird mercenaries!*
The magpie legion is one to be feared I hear they have their eyes set on the territory of the pigeon hoard
They have my left eye
Now the magpies are aiming for the lorikeet hive to stop them from stealing their food
@@cryingseal5307 peckity hoppity your eye is their property
birdcenaries
"If everyone fears the magpies, and I control the magpies, that means everyone will fear me."
You sound like an evil mastermind.
EVERYONE BOW BEFORE YOUR LORD *_MAGPIE MAN_*
This idea was trending on tumblr like a year ago
Magpies first. Spice next. “He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
Lol
Magpies are the real boss
One of my favorite bits of trivia is that magpies and other corvids actually tell each other about people who do this kind of thing
I’ve befriended the magpies at my school and feed them salami by hand. Currently working on strapping crossbows to them and training them to attack bullies.
I feel like you might just be creating an arms race. How long until the bullies have lorikeets with slingshots. Also, sorry about the bullies.
Michael Hartleroad the trick is to go overkill right at the start.
Ravens are big, smart as crows, so they’ll mob enemy birds, and they’re in America, so they’ll fight dirty
Strap frickin' laser beams to their heads!!
@@Eatongee Fuck yeah!
Fuck yes EXCALIBUR
I tried this in my area and actually had a magpie swoop at me, then when I turned around to face it it just stopped mid air, gently landed and kinda looked at me like "oh hey it's you what's up mate." It's pretty mind blowing how well this works.
Nice
That's because the magpies swoop when Ur not looking. And they normally go for the head. So as long as you've got Ur eyes on the bird it shouldn't swoop.
Magpies actually remember faces, so if you're feeding them they'll remember the kindness and not feel threatened by you and swoop :)
They'll also introduce you to their young and then they'll remember your face and not see you as a threat! Very intelligent birds
@@gruche Yeah, they're great. I sometimes go out my backyard and I'll see like 5 of them just land on my fence and start warbling at me. It's rad.
@@hopeblue755 sound slike a good way to get my eyes pecked out
“Magpies are intelligent birds”
*magpie falls over and doesnt get back up as the other magpies peck it*
Humans are the most intelligent species on Planet Earth and we also get knocked down and get beaten up while on the ground.
it's playing with the string!!! i've seen crows do the same thing with low-hanging willow branches, hanging by their claws and swinging back and forth. it's super cute.
My magpies are so smart the baby magpies scream and slip on leaves
@@Ucatty2 humans are the smartest animal but we fucking destroy our own planet for resources.
This magpie looks like a juvenile and is making the call of one. At a certain age, the parents start attacking the juvenile for them to move off and find their own territory before the next chicks are hatched.
I’ve been feeding two magpies for 3 years now. All they get is some mince meat no bigger than my small finger nail , & they love to graze on crushed walnuts. Once they’ve had a feed they seem to like company & wander around my yard looking for extra snacks. They’re not demanding at all , & they show their appreciation by warbling tobether . Being an Aussie i love these birds & look forward to seeing them every day & I’ve never been swooped since befriending them.
They love cooked rice, and they also go crazy over mealy worms. Will land on your hand to eat mealy worms.
they shouldn't eat mince. apparently it can sit in the bottom of their beak and cause it to rot. not hating, just passing on info I have received
@@timjohnun4297 that's correct, and also on top of that, raw mince on its own lacks calcium and leaves their bones and beaks brittle, deformed and easily breakable, especially in the babies of the mince fed magpies.
You can however get supplement powders from pet stores and online that you can mix with the mince to counter the damage, or buy some crickets or mealyworms from a pet store for them.
Bread is also really bad for magpies. One slice is the equivalent of a human eating 3 meat pies....they eat insects and dead or small animals (like mice)....not carbs
I think the amount of mince must make a difference. Mum has been feeding local magpies a little bit of mince most days for a few magpie generations. We do now switch to mealy worms during baby season.
@@tomorrow4eva nope. Just likely you didn't see the damage done. "A few generations" is what...3 yrs. Not that long. Just don't do it. It's bad for them
Thanks for letting me know that i wasnt meant to feed them bread! They are now on a luxury seed and fruit diet!
Good stuff! Cheers!
Never feed a magpie bread. So bad for them.
Hello...we feed our magpies cheese and a couple of them eat out of our hands and one got stuck in the house my bro caught it and held it. it was amazing
I LOVE this video! Thank you! Definitely sharing
they like meat
my family has fed magpies for as long as i can remember, we have an army. we are immune to swooping season and have a few generations of the most feared birds allied with us... >:)
kuro neko that’s me but with cockatoos
Winston The Choco Labrador cool! like the white ones?
Nice!
OsirisCrafter yeah! i was actually hand feeding one the other day, they’re very sweet once you gain trust
All jokes aside, this is really cool having all of these birds around.
They aren't here anymore rest their souls
Besides the bird shit
There are magpies in Colorado, my friend tames ravens and magpies and they follow her to school sometimes it’s so cool
Magpies in USA and Europe are different. They are of the familie corvidae known voor their intelligence. Indeed members of this family can be trained when they are young. Great stuff.
However you have to pay attention to the seasonal change in their behavior in spring you have to keep them in side. This is the time when in the wild the youngsters leave their folk/murder and go out to find mates.
Magpies in Australia are not related they are very aggressive and highly territorial when defending their nests.
I have it it’s normal in Australia me and my family saved a kookaburra we feed the lorikeets fruits or there new favourite treat honey on bread and I chuck some leftover meat because magpies are also carnivores and it’s great because the other birds don’t like meat so the magpies can eat as much as they want
You’re a legend for doing this. It’s time to finally overcome my fear of magpies 😂
I agree, time to buy a slingshot or a pneumatic handgun
Monke
@@Makujah_ yeah what this guy said but use shrooms as the ammo for the slingshot. really humble them.
Don't forget, you're smarter than them, just get a clicker and teach them who's boss with the only 2 things birds respect: intelligence and food.
@@Diabandana September is spring
Weird
Australian man using pavlovian response to make a new vaccum cleaner 10/10
train them to do organized crime. reward them when they deliver you money. or shiny watches.
"How to make money from being a youtuber 2018"
@@Ididathing that's 2019
This year was the year of the boxing match, oh and swearing so much you get sponsored by a mobile video game
I am actually going to try and teach them to steal
@Big Duck yeh I can imagine competing with crows would make you harden up
its the magpie mafia
There used to be an old maggie that hung around my house and I noticed that the top half of his beak was broken off. Worried he couldn't find his own food well enough we used to feed him a few days a week. A crowd draws a crowd though, and within a month there was close to 15 magpies showing up on our balcony every single day for some ham. So we started to feed them occasionally as well, mainly focusing on the broken beak bird.
This went on for about 4 months and the birds were very comfortable around us but we were moving out and I was worried the bird might starve to death. So I attempted to track him in the yard and maybe catch him. Lo and behold I see the sneaky motherfucker pecking grubs and worms out of the ground like it was nothing, broken beak notwithstanding.
I've never felt so played in my entire life
Looks like you've been MAGGIED!
Hilarious!! Got me thinking, there's a few too many one legged seagulls around our local beach fish n chip shop. Would they chew their own leg off for a few extra chips??
I was going to like but I couldn't be the one to ruin that perfect number
Oi, NZ has them too. Dad would bring home baby ones that had fallen from trees at golf course. Found out years later that neighbourhood kids were scared to walk past our house in case they got rushed at 😂 had photos of them standing on the cat as she slept on her side. Beautiful darling birds with the most joyful call ever ❤
"If everyone fears the magpie, and I befriend the magpie, then everyone fears me."
Liked, favourite, subscribed.
Epic!
same
Sounds like a cunning plan black adder! 😁
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I'm Australian and I've never been swooped. And I have 3 couples of magpies on my street.
Forgot that you Aussies have wild lorikeets for a second there and was worried that everyone was releasing their pet birds in your neighborhood
Color Cloud lorikeets are beautiful, though there messy pets because of there honey diet
RIGHT?? ME TOO 🤣🤣
@@foxtrot2048 a person can barely hear themselves talk in our main street at dusk due to the cacophony of sound from the wild Lorikeets that reside overnight in a couple of the trees there, the noise is tremendously loud.
Where I live, the lorikeets are quiet compared to the cockatoos.
foxtrot yeah our world surprises people sometimes, some probably just guess the tame ones are made in a laboratory
Magpies are omnivorous, so if you feed 'em meat scraps instead of bread scraps the parrots won't be able to steal it.
the man with a plan
Not mince. It gets stuck in their beak and rots a hole.
Dry cat food.
Parrots will also eat meat!
yep i used to feed my magpies mince meat, they always loved it and were super healthy -- you have to soak it first though
Joshie Allen genius
I currently have two Maggies that have befriended me. I noticed they were coming to hang in my yard with me so after a couple of days I gave them a little bit of meat. I give them a mix of bugs, ferret dry food (meat based) and very occasionally nuts, seed bread or fruit. They will see me leaving for the shops and come with sometimes part of the way then they go and wait for me to come home. I'm starting to really love them. if I dont talk to them or interact they get a bit pushy. Maggies are just amazing animals
They sound awesome. We have 2 magpies in our neighbourhood. I live in a unit in urban sprawl, but they come ever morning and every evening. The male comes into the unit, runs into the kitchen and to the fridge, where he knows we keep his food. On the way out, he becomes a vacuum cleaner and pecks up a crumb or 2 off the kitchen flor that has gotten missed after sweeping. He then makes a beeline for the balcony door where his mate waits, and then they get more of a feed before they fly off
Bread isn't particularly good for birds
@@RonaldoTheGoat1234 Sorry, I know seed bread is not bread, its like a seed brick, bread is a loose description. I think you think I meant multi grain bread?
Genuinely the most underrated channel on TH-cam right now.
not for long
FunkyPlayz
*Laughs in 130+k*
@@noodle714 251k and growing so i guess he finally got the algorithm to notice him!
I agree
Look up PolarSaurusRex
I thought instead of "Training wild Magpies" it said "Training War Magpies" and I was like, oh shit Australia uses these things in war?!?
The Australians also fought a war against emus... and lost.
Bahahahaha.
@@The_Forge_Master There were no winners or losers in the Great Australian Birds Wars, the emus preferred to wage guerilla style warfare with running attacks, which were mostly ineffective due to the magpies state of high alert while in the enemies territory (on the ground) and the emus had no answer to the aerial warfare the magpies waged with the incessant swooping and harrying style of attacks, which in reality annoyed the emus more than anything, the futility of the fighting was soon realised by both sides and a mutual agreement was reached, which turned out to be of benefit to all concerned, the emus no longer kicked the shite out of the fledgling magpies learning to fly and the magpies ceased leading the ever hungry goannas to emu nesting sites to feast upon the emu eggs therein.
Oh gods, your giving them ideas... How could you *says while holding vicious cats, birds, snakes, and all sorts of animals* say something so pretentious. I mean *raises snek boi* how can these babies hurt you?
Reality: Uhm... I... I think... Cause... (Lived entire childhood surrounded by animals, but they always either end up dead, escaping, or dead)
@Smileyrie James you forgot the drop bears!!! They are the real killers in the bush!!
I did a thing: *rings bell*
Magpies: "he's speaking the language of the gods"
Lol
Epic lol
Just incase anybody's curious, the rainbow lorikeets (green birds at 4:21) are really damn aggressive even though, they're one of the smaller aussie birds. They come to my balcony pretty often because I used to feed them along with some cuckatoos (big white birds with the yellow crest) and they can and will be aggressive to the cuckatoos despite being a third of their size...
they are extremely noisy too lol
cockatoo* but yeah. The reason theyd be aggressive with the cockies is coz they a fuckin nuisance to smaller birds. They'll straight harass them through the wire just for fun if you have an aviary
7 year-old me, back in the 80s when our family visited Australia, would have appreciated to know this beforehand. 😂 My parents thought it would make lovely pictures when they could buy some birdfeed in a wildlife park or zoo for us kids to feed the lorikeets. Damn, it hurt! Needless to say that you could only see anxiously screaming children under a flock of angry lorikeets. 😭😂
A couple of years ago Angela Merkel was visiting some zoo here in Germany and they made her feed the lorikeets. I'm convinced they did this on purpose. 😈 The pictures looked almost like those of me and my sister...😂😂😂
Bro, this guy's a Disney Princess
@amelia korona i just saw a vid of a girl who feels like a disney princess because of her friendship with a wild bird
*prince
Except instead of harmless animals he summons carnivorous demon spiders, screeching birds, hungry evil cats, and surprisingly dosile house lizards.
But what about his parents? The mouse doesn’t like when protagonists have living parents.
*proceeds to dink water out of a dirty cup from the sink*
When you’re roasting the quiet kid and all of a sudden hear him ringing a bell
Quiet*
Quiet*
Quiet*
Quiet*
Quiet*
4:00
"wait, guys, chill out, i'll give you all bread"
"o k a y"
Dude just I read this I saw this happen during the video lol
The lady next door use to feed magpies from the park over the road every morning, I had never fed them. Turns out that when I'd go to that Park they knew me, wouldn't swoop me and even come sit by me on the grass. A year after she had moved so no feeding, the new generations of magpies, knew I was their parents 😂 friend and wouldn't swoop me either and come sing outside my bedroom window each morning. Made me so happy that I bought them a kick-arse birdbath for my front garden so they could cruise over from the park for a drink or splash around. I love them!
he protecc
he attacc
But most importantly...
He's got the magpies on his bacc
I don't get this, I see this phrase a lot, what the hell does it mean?
@@janellehoney-badger6525 it's just a meme, i thought it was funny.
🤣
But where did the meme originate
Stefano the comment section of a video
i just noticed his channel icon was a magpie wearing crocs
omg, this all makes sense now.
how tf did i not notice that
what was his logo before this video
Blue Bone a magpie
i thought he was on gum
omg i just watched the crocs video
Good lord, man. Your channel is a hidden fucking gem. I absolutely love every video I’ve seen....so far....
thanks carlos
@@Ididathing absolutely what he said, just watching everything you have at the end of your videos. They are all amazing.
@@Ididathing you'll be at a million in no time, your videos are top dollar
I like the ominous "... so far..."
@@yoRockstardude134 that fkn KOOLYBURRA WILL EAT U 4:41
i love magpies so much. the last one we raised really loved bellyrubs and attacking people's toes. he'd jump at you, bite your foot, roll over and kick his lil feeties in the air and pretend to be stuck. cutest shit ever. i miss that guy
fun fact, magpies have really amazing facial recognition so the bell was redundant.
Several years ago The University of Washington Seattle, WA., did an interesting study on facial recognition among corvids. It is posted here on TH-cam, somewhere.
servicarrider Australian Magpies are not corvids, however. It’s the Eurasian Magpie that belongs to the corvid family.
I mean, not fully redundant - they could hear the bell even if they didn't happen to be looking in the direction of his house, so it definitely helped to get them to feeding time quicker and from anywhere within earshot
Australian magpies are not corvids but have a reputation for recognising people and holding grudges for *many* years. Don't piss one off because they never forget it or your face.
Wasn't really redundant when the bell became the secret gang sign for grub. Gave them the advantage over the dumber birds.
I swear you can see them getting visibly fatter over time with all those carbs you've been feeding them.
I thought that, too, but I assumed that it was my imagination.
@@eugenetswong nah, definitely getting fatter, try more protein rich foods rather than carbs, they'll excrete the excess.
Try cutting up some chicken or ham into smallish chunks (~1inch), don't worry if they seem a bit large, the magpies will break them up to eat them.
They also probably need a calcium source but I don't think cheese or milk are safe for them, so maybe add some calcium chloride to the meat occasionally.
No joke ive been feeding magpies in a similar way before September and they get real fat on bread XD
@@mikeunleashed1 So stop feeding them unnatural things... so bad for them. Even the guy in the video said he switched to seeds and fruits.
@@mikeunleashed1 l bet they don't attack you though. We used to feed they with roo mince.and they'd get super friendly. I could walk right underneath their nest and they'd just dive down and land at my feet.magpies are intelligent and have really parternal way about them. If they know your not a threat they are much easier to get along with. I really got to love having them around. I used to look forward to feeding them and watching them at play.
"No other animal systematically attacks and torments people like the magpie."
Canadian goose: *laughs in human misery*
@@shadrach5681 fool's you have clearly never encountered the mighty cassowary
CheeseLord uh, you just show up with insults? We aren't insulting anyone. Get lost.
@@shadrach5681 bruh calm down m8 it's a joke
CheeseLord I couldn't tell. It just looked like you called us fools to me.
I did look up the cassowary, that creature thing dinosaur bird looks like it's from a nightmare! Fuck Australia, even birds can be deadly. Y'all have deadly everything!!
I can safely say the Canadian goose is the Magpie of Canada
I have a pair of magpies that return to breed every year in the Northern Beaches of Sydney (Penguin Bloom territory). The parents will both take food from my hand and sit outside the screen door and sing to me to let me know they are there for a feed, (not necessarily every day). When the young ones leave the nest mum and/or dad bring them down to the garden to meet me, until it is becomes time to drive them off and fend for themselves. I feed them small dry cat food, making sure not to feed them to the extent that they become too reliant on me. The golf club that I play at also has a large population of birds, including many magpies, all of which have learnt to peacefully co-exist with all of us golfers. A few of the maggies recognize those of us that carry food for them and are quite willing to take food from our hands.
"there's no other bird aussies fear more"
Looks like PTSD made them all forget the emu war
Emus aren't scary but they know how to fight a war. Emus would win against every single nation of the earth combined.
Bin chickens.
Your comment is funny but I don't think you know what PTSD is. Made me smile anyway so who am I to complain.
Angry CentrelinkRecipient you know what is though? goddamn cassowaries
rigth they lost twice
Is no one gonna talk about how he got a literal Cockatoo in his yard!? Like that is amazing
Why? Cockatoo’s are common as fuck
@@melongum2825 its amazing until you have thousands of the fuckers screaming their heads off at 7am every single bloody morning flying over your house.
Best looking cockatoo would have to be either the Palm cockatoo or the Red tailed black cockatoo imo
@@jasonphillips3020 we get white tailed black cockatoos around our pine trees at a specific time of the year, generally there is about 10-40 just hanging around eating the seeds from the pine cones
@@jasonphillips3020 not to mention when the pricks chew your house up.
@@jasonphillips3020 leaves all over the place because they systematically tear up every single gum tree in the area
mate, we need a follow up on this video! Really now!
Excellent video, they are really smart birds. I am living with a blind Aussie Magpie and have just started to document her journey. Thanks for the laugh :)
Crows trained me to wake up by 8:00 am to give them food by cawing directly into my window. All summer. I love my birds!
Wow! That's awesome! Nature's alarm clock 😉
I have Magpies that do the same, they wake me between 7 and 7:15 every morning, without fail.
I have cockatiels who scream teach me
So essentially the crows trained you. Clever birds...
We always fed magpie, kookaburras, lorikeets as the main birds we fed the lorikeets wet bread and honey and the others minced meat with add calcium. We did this for years and they always brought the next generation with them.
We never needed a bell they knew our car when it was coming down the hill to the point where they would beat us to the house waiting for their food and no one in the area ever ever got attacked!
you guys were bird tamers
Yeah, this as*hole needs to feed birds a *proper, natural, healthy diet*
Not processed, completely unnatural and unhealthy bread, SO OFTEN.
It's honestly disgusting he was so selfish he didn't even bother to think of that.
@@chystal9161 lol I bet you're anti Vax
@@millwalllover3633 no, where'd you pull that out of? I'm just not re.tard.ed. If I was going to regualry feed birds in my backyard I'd get proper food.
Same with any other breed of animal, if you feed it, it's your responsibility to feed them the right food.
@@chystal9161 birds can eat bread
The birds work for the bourgeoisie...
And you my friend,, are the bourgeoisie...
Spooky 😆
Birdgeoisie
“The kookaburra that laughs at everything you say”
*engine starting noises*
Here are some fun facts about Magpies:
1. Magpies are territorial and like to live in the same area for their whole lives.
2. The Australian magpie is native to Australia and New Guinea.
3. Magpies are known for their beautiful, musical warbling.
4. A magpie's hearing is so good they can hear worms and bugs moving underground.
5. Australian magpies aren't actually magpies (no really, they aren't)
Thallan then what are they
@@mgain7944 don't remember, but they aren't corvids like the european magpie that they are named after, they're in a different family
@@thallan They are a member of the "artamidae" family but both magpies and "australian magpies" are members of the "passerine" - order.
This is however as broad as saying that homo sapiens and chimpanzees are both of the pimate order.
@@mgain7944 Artamidaes like woodswallows and currawongs :)
This guy: lets magpies into his house
Australians: 👁 👄 👁
Crikey
If you can train them they arent that bad, ive been doing it for a while
Meritedkat you Must have been bored a lot right?
@@squindle. you tamed the beasts?
To both of you, i have these 3 maggies come to me at school and they have names (my friends chose these) Wario, a sorta shy male, Waluigi, the friendlinest one she kets me boop her snoot and finally, Shy Guy, he is the most shy but will still hand feed.
6:36 the magpie follows after him that’s so cute
once you befriend them they will follow you for a while when you're in there turf
its really weird to be walking next to two magpies that are hopping along next to me, then they all of a sudden fly off to swoop some random fucker before coming back to hop next to me
i wish i had so much nature and wild life like you do in my life and house. truly amazing. i think this it better then having them as pets
It is. I have to admit, though we are slaves to our backyard birds. They call and we come command
Hi there champion.
I have a gang of 14 magpies and always waiting for me and my wife to feed them.
Interesting video champion.
Specially walking in your house,that's crazy.
They love eating peanuts.
I once helped a suffocating and freezing in cold raven. After she could move and at least stand, she was very friendly. He did shit on my jacket but that's all.
I gave her food and water and she gave me love bites (I guess, since it didn't hurt) and reacted to the word Raven.
When I said raven and pulled my arm up she came to me and and ''sit'' on my shoulder.
I had mice problem in my home and I had a freshly killed one, so I gave it to her... I VERY appreciated the massacre she showed me by breaking bones and ripping the mouse apart eating it. :D
The first half was wholesome, the last part was a "what the fuck" moment.
@Connor Smith Yep, they had us alright.
I have a parrot and can confirm about the "love bites" thing they do. They just take your finger or whatever and just hold it in their beak. Birds, at least parrots, like to feel things with their tongues and use it like a finger to get a sense for things. A bird beaking but not biting you is a sign of trust. Also, parrots poop on average of once ever 8 minutes and do not possess the muscles to hold their bowels, it comes out when it comes out, so they just kinda shit all the time, it's not a deliberate act. I'd bet ravens are similar.
@@starhammer5247 oh boy you're gonna love the next two decades. if that's how you react to a bird eating a mouse, I'd bet 500$ you off yourself before 2030
@@jackmiller8851, I wasn't talking about my reaction to the mice being torn apart, I've seen plenty of dead animals and their innards, I'm talking about the fact that the guy had a very wholesome story about him and his bird then out of nowhere starts talking about how it massacred the dead mouse and tore it apart including a vivid description of how it did it. So there's no need to be a dick about it.
That guy opened a motherfcking international zoo in his yard.. Damn
my dad used to do something similar, hed whistle a tune and chuck some bread, chips or a piece of his breakfast onto the front yard.
Australia: has tons of actually deadly animals
Australians: fears an aggressive but NOT deadly bird
World: wth is Australia?
Deadly animals aren't so deadly when you grew up know how to behave around them. Magpies are special in that the only way to to stop them specifically targeting you is with bribery. As they recognise faces and voices it will usually be only the friendly humans they don't target. I keep a nut bar when cycling to bribe magpies along my routes
Magpies have caused death and major injuries. They can take out eyes and will cause sever damage to face and head if they are the mean sort. I don't fear what I call "Clackers" who swoop beside your head and clack their beak to scare you but I have been given a concussion by one who rammed into my helmet and now cannot ride my bike because one on my route started going for my cheek. Pedestrians have been chased into traffic by magpies and deaths have happened.
You also can't always bribe them once they've started protecting their nests (I had one that refused to take food from me) and they are much more likely to attack you than a spider or snake. A spider or snake will run away unless you corner it, a magpie will chase you for 400+ metres around its nest to ensure its eggs and babies are safe.
We had a bike rider last week die after a magpie chased him and he hit a fence and broke his neck,the magpie is out on bail.
A friend of mine got a magpie stuck in his forehead when he was a child. Think about that for a second.
umm excuse me.. MAGPIES ARE THE DEADLIEST ANIMALS OF THEM ALL
This touches a soft spot. Made friends with birds that hate everyone.. truly showing that they only hate everyone because ooooh everyone likes the pretty birds.. but noh. Someone finally recognized the beauty in the underdogs, and gave them bread with a tell tale sound to let them know so that theyll be the first for dindins =w=
I once got three wild geese to eat out of the palm of my hand
^w^
@@commandercody2980
holy moly I have the highest respect, that’s some major luck & skill
@@rpcsa8 I mean I just sat near a bunch of geese with some corn in my hand.
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oh yeah true, guess I’m just excited by the concept since I’ve never dealt with geese, only ducks.
Magpies have facial recognition abilities, they can remember your face for 5 years. I have a one acre block in the Blue Mountains, with an orchard and have forged symbiotic relationships with the birds. Neither myself or wife have been swooped in 25 years and the magpies often leave their young with us when they have had enough. The cocky's are awesome but they do eat a lot of sunflower seed's but at least they don't strip my fruit tree's anymore. Funny in my area the magpies are the top dog and even the cocky's are scared of them although the Lorakeets for a small bird are very aggressive. I noticed you had a grey Butcher bird in one shot sitting on a chair, they look like a member of the Kingfisher family only small and are a bit like a magp[e in colour, if it's nesting in your yard watch out they will attack and put magpies to shame they will draw blood, and for some reason they won't befriend you cheers.
This is pretty much the same for any member of the Corvid family. I'd love to have one as a pet.
Hi, just want to point out that I have a butcher bird that lives in my yard. He gets along with me great, and my magpies and pigeons seem to be friends with him. All of my birds, magpies and butcher bird included, let me pat them, so it is possible for you to befriend butcher birds. You just need mince. a fuck ton of mince.
@@TeaWithSin yeah I get on well with the butcher birds, but they tend to prefer to take mince thrown in the air. They will come for a feed if I call them, but I have never been able to touch one cheers.
my grandma has befriended generations of butcher birds in her house for years. Butcher birds have beautiful calls
@@justinm1721 when I said they won't befriend you I meant they won't land on you or take food from your hand. Well at least the ones I know won't. If I stand on the deck and call out "butcher" they will come for a feed but they generally catch small bits of meat on the fly. One other thing, I always mix insectivore with any mince I feed butchers and magpies especially when they have young so they get the right balanced diet, don't want to muck them up. This year I have nursed a wattle bird that got washed out of it's nest at about 5 days old. fed him insectivore mixed with honey till his feathers came in and he could fly. tried to re introduce him to his parents by hanging him in a basket under their nest, but they wouldn't have a bar of him!. he lives outside and drops over for a feed and will sit on my shoulder and takes honey from a teaspoon and blobs of insectivore mixed with honey. His parents chase him off, eventually I think he will find a mate and I won't see him anymore. He thinks my bull Arab dog is his sibling and will tease him and sometimes even lands on him and pecks at his fur. the dog loves him and tries to protect him from his parents and they play chasing in the yard it's very funny to watch!.
You SO saved ozzies over covid when that "trend" of being nice to them so they don't swoop started. Love it
I did this and instead of a bell it was me yelling “yeet” I did this for 3 months and I can now say I am god.
This is the best comment ever. There’s a magpie that wwants to kill me on the way to school, it’s at the part where the road starts to go super steep. And there’s gum trees planted into the ground (my brother once was flung of his bike hitting one). Any tips? Maybe I could toss a nut bar and yell ‘Yeet’ or ‘don’t kill me pls’
@@expertfrenchtoast3480 I have the same problem with a crow, everytime I leave the house it tries to attack and kill me. ☹ I never hurt it or anything, but it seems like I pissed it off once and now I can't leave the house without fearing to lose an eye.
Enclorphen ow! So sorry for you :( if you have a helmet, I’d say put it on, go out with bread or something and call a word then toss it. Crows are smart.
@@expertfrenchtoast3480 Yeah I should do something about it. I tried it with bread and nuts but it didn't work so I need to find a solution. I thought about cooking it. What do you think Fry or Grill? 😕
Enclorphen fry
"I noticed a friendly gang of Magpies..."
IT'S A TRAP
Australia's most feared Weapons of War:
- Emus
- Magpies
comedy
Cassowarys
vera andreasen did cassowarys win a war didn't think so.
reference to the great emu war
Kitchen Screen you do know that cassowaries are meant to be an addition to the list not to replace the former parties?
(Oh yeah everyone knows the great emu war no need to specify but if you ask an Australian if they are more scared of emus or cassowaries the latter is the answer)
@@vera_ah Cassowaries are the greatest terror for Australian [apart from Magpies], my comment was meant at the rest of the planet
I noticed the parakeets in my garden terrorise the crows and magpies and I couldn't understand why the crows and magpies seemed so scared of them until I saw the aerial fights. The parakeets reminded me of the red arrows (The royal air force aerobatic team).
You have budgerigars in your garden, lucky
@@GeckoTech_Engineer we have the British rose ringed parakeet or some people call them the Twickenham parakeet because they are abundant around the Kingston and Twickenham area.
@@Phoenixash-delfuego well that’s no less lucky
@@GeckoTech_Engineer 😊
lol i can't believe a kookaburra. showed up :D
James Valentine yeah omg me. neither :D
@@SailorDee
lolwot kooks are everywhere
@@sednabold859 It depends where you live.
@@sednabold859 I- I was making fun of the guy's comment because he put the period in the wrong place, but ok
Sedna Bold yeah but not for bread.
Yo imagine getting in a fight on the street and the guy just rings a tiny bell and all of a sudden you're covered in a flock of raging trained birds.
That's power money can't buy.
But bread can!
@@flunoin Seeds and bugs are probably more helpful and healthy treats!
@@leonardomachado9423 definitely.
but money can buy bread.... so.... cue the war drums?
@@sn0wchyld Bread is overrated, Seeds are the best way to earn a bird's loyalty.
*Everybody gangsta until those green birds crash the party*
Rainbow lorikeet
Ahhh always amazed at the birds, regardless of location!!!
If I die and get reincarnated, I wanna be a magpie
Anson Hu But you’ll be a good magpie.
At first when you hatched, you have little memory of your passed life. You watch you farther swoop and attack cyclists, and sadness will stab your heart, even if you know it’s to protect you.
You grow up a normal bird. When you find a mate, you ask them to fly to Germany with you.. you have a mastermind plan.
You fly to Germany, the flight tiring your wings. You find a time machine and step into it.
One day you see Hitler passing by, and attack him. You alter the course of history, wars ending, less people die. You killed hitler. People all around the world praise the ‘miricale magpie’ and I’m to lazy to write more I’m tireed
@@expertfrenchtoast3480 *Bruh*
"That Time I was Reincarnated as a Magpie"
Me too, I would attack my neighbor until she can't see anymore, lol
@@annkus3 😂
Magpies are awesome!! Btw, bread in general is bad for birds, it causes health problems, malnutrition and obesity. Plain white bread is heavily processed and contains chemicals and preservatives that are not suitable for wild birds. Bread is primarily a carbohydrate that, while it will fill a bird's stomach and alleviate hunger, does not provide much nutrition (same applies for fish too). If you really must give them bread then choose one that is healthier for humans too, like whole grain, multi-grain breads are best, especially if they are organically produced with minimal preservatives. Seeds are the best choice so I encourage you to give them more of that. Lovely video btw!!
Thanks! I am feeding them a vast range of birds seeds now.
You would be glad to know i am feeding them top of the range seeds now
use oats, we magpies love rolled oats
BabysLastCoffin obviously this idiot Aussie didn't know that, mate I feed my birds heart n kidney mince, kookarbras, magpies n butcher birds twice a week that's it. they still need to eat the insects n mice. iv got about 12 families of kookarbras 2 families of magpies 2 families of butcher. I had no birds here 3 yrs ago. haven't had a snake on the property since I started feeding kookarbra n I live in the bush. every time I catch a mice I throw it out to the kookarbra to eat
If you can hold something in your hand and it's not a chemical, prove it, and you will surely win a Nobel Prize. Everything solid, liquid and gas is chemicals.
1:47
"I'll be able to harness their infamy"
magpie: *"strimg"*
My pop sort of trained magpies. He feeds them little bits of meat and a couple of them did a little dance thing on the fence like just a hop side to side thing. So my pop started only feeding them after that and now there is at least 5 magpies just hopping side to side on his fence every day to get food. The funniest part isn't seeing it, it is other animals seeing it cause the other birds that go to the seed feeder seem to watch the magpies do this and one of my dogs when we visit likes to watch and get the missed food but the other tried to hop like they do to get food. Not hop but she bounces on her front paws while sitting to get food.
Great video, but magpies specially during spring when they have young ones can't digest bread and makes them sick with a bacterial infection and the young ones die from mal-nourishment
"The giant facking keng of the berds."
"Or maybe it's because they hop around like freaks." LOL
😂😂😂😂😂
In brazil we have a bird called "Quero-Quero" , they have spikes at their wings and they will chase anyone that gets near by their nest or babies just like the magpies in this video :')
Yep.
In Alberta, the magpies take their revenge on the trash bags instead of the people.
There is no bag remaining after the magpie has gotten to it.
I'm here too! I'm in Edmonton, look up my comment up there to see what I said, if you want, lol.
The fact that Australia has kookaburra’s and cockatoo’s flying around makes me sad, when I see the same old black birds in my back yard.
Don't be. You'd be surprised on how many different birds or animals lives in your local area. I've been meaning to have native plants around to attract butterflies and birds
@@poopyrose8180 Yea well we don’t have Kookaburra’s or Cockatoo’s flying around in the U.S. Any other bird doesn’t really compare in my eyes.
The magpies will definitely swarm you
only birds I see are the same old grey pigeons
I dont even have birds in my area anymore
feeding them bread causes their beaks to weaken and even break off. Feed them balls of minced meat mixed with cricket bits (from a pet store,) that's Maggie bodybuilding food.
u idiot they still forage nornmaly
@@memeboi6017 Settle down, Minecraft
Same thing happens if you feed humans bread, not a single member of my family still has their beak.
My uncle Charlie insists that he still has a pecker whatever that means
Very true... bread isn't good for birds... seeds arent that great either. I'm assuming chips are bad as well
you are wrong because the species indian myna mcdonaldicus diet is 90% chips.
Hello from New Zealand. I had a family of magpies visit just about every day for over a year. The youngest was the one that trusted me first. He/ she would sit in the tree near our dining room window and squark to let me know he was there. When I tossed some bread it for him the others would fly in for their share. In a matter of weeks, the older ones would be in the tree waiting and singing their beautiful songs. That young Maggie had a bad limp and more often stood on one leg . One day he stopped coming,maybe was hurt in a storm that had occurred , then after a few more weeks, the older birds just stopped coming as well. It’s been a few months now with no sign of them. Maybe they have found a better area to live 🙁 They are beautiful birds and yes, very intelligent..Thank you for sharing your video❤
I never thought a video about magpies would be so fascinating
The man with the mustache 🙃
Indeed, I have had similar experiences though.
really? i find them attacking people to be fascinating
that or i just forgot the difference between fascinating and entertaining
WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE
I love how your things have no consistent theme
Just guy doing thing
i figured as long as i do something, i can make a video about it
Parrots, including lorikeets, can produce a painfully loud burst of noise. These magpies are smart enough to know the lorikeets are packing heat and give them space ton avoid conflict. TierZoo made a good video touching on that recently.
Cockatoos are way louder than lorikeets tho
yup i hear those cockatoos screech in the morning 🥲
@@derangeduck They regularly fly over my house BLARING their stupidly loud calls at 150% volume. It's so jarring and sometimes startles me since its so sudden, damn birds. How can something that small be so loud is beyond me
Also the shape of a parrots beak gives it a sissor like action making it a far more effective weapon than the spear like beak of a maggie.
I’m feeding Matilda and her husband Mick. Matilda sometimes come inside the house, too! I haven’t seen any bird attacks in our neighbourhood.
Thanks for the nice video!
I remember when I started feeding the cockatoos around my neighborhood. At first, there were only two or three of them, but eventually, word spread out so every day after school I had over twenty waiting for me. They even recognized my face, so as soon as I got out of the car, some of the braver ones would walk up and stare at me expectantly, almost like a puppy. It was pretty amazing.
Do not feed native birds. 😮😮😮
ps,
*DONT FEED BIRDS BREAD*
Maggie's get meat & seed
As do most all the others,
The "pretty ones" be 100% seedy and pollen type feeders.
He knows. He's feeding them fruit and seeds now.
Then why do I see them eat garbage all the time.
@Ralph yup like I always thought birds are dumb.
@@robofatcat you know for most human history people thought illnesses were caused by evil spirts and the concept of vitamins and nutrients also didnt exist right?
cinnamoncat I think he’s joking mate
When he became old he'll be that one crazy old man that somehow can control all kind of animals
I get the feeling your life is more fulfilling than any other TH-camr’s
You dont need the bell, I feed some random maggies around the suburb (dog walker). They definately recognise you by sight.
This bird is the most legendary thing about Australia
Dang this bruh still hearting comments on a 10 month old video
they're annoying picks all they do is make noise's at 5am
Love the way you speak and explain what you've done this time.
It's both relaxing and making me laugh at the same time.
Best medication I've ever took.
I'm from new Zealand (closest country to Australia ) and we see magpies all the time
I dont know what i find more enjoyable to watch. Australian wild life being Australian wildlife or your videos. Either way this did not dissapoint
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"Looks like bread's back on the menu boys." nice LOTR reference, :-)
Lorikeets are ruthless, they jump kick and attack other birds in their way.
noisy minors are the worst
@@stivi739 I've been swooped with one of those minor fucks
@@justperpetuallybothered3474 I've been swooped down by an eagle but I didn't get really hurt
@@justperpetuallybothered3474 , holy shit for a second I thought you were talking about people, "I've been swooped by those minor fucks" Im fucking dying
Those maggies went from thin to porky in only 7mins 36! Incredible
I can't believe how friendly they are! I toss out stuff for Crows and Sea Gulls almost daily.
That is so nice that you feed them!
My group of ravens have got smart they figured they get more food then they can eat if they take what I give them and stash it for later then come back for more lol
Geez, I thought I was special cause I got a woodpecker in my garden once.
The UK really sucks...
IKR it must be friggin amazing to have all those beautiful, colourful birds hopping in your front yard :D
If you put out something delicious like black oil seeds, you could attract some nicer bird species! I’m sure you have great birds in your area, but they just haven’t found you yet!!
Obviously you won’t have parrots there, but there are still some pretty colorful birds lol.
We've got doves and crows and the occasional sparrow here in Western Europe ^^
Im Australian I get all these birds in my backyard every morning because we feed them its amazing to see. But we have fruit trees and the cockatoos always eat all the fruit from it... if you start to feed them they start to hang around at the same time every day and screech at you until you feed them again. They're very smart and annoying lol.
I made my brother watch this and he enjoyed your content and said it was top quality I feel proud of myself