What a great photo of a Magpie and a mouse. Wow, the unfortunate mouse looks at you in the second photo, what happened to it? Did you feel like helping to save the mouse, or did you think, great catch Magpie?
Good capture both you and the bird. We do have some magpies here, but the crows now outnumber them. I think crows move in when an area can no longer support the wild life, such as when bush is destroyed and the land cleared. Somehow the crows seem to like these conditions. Used to have Kurrawongs here too.
I'm not too sure abaut what you are saying Karen, nothing has been cleared in my backyard. I might post some pictures, if I can find them. I have all of those birds at certain times of the year. When the Magpies have finished their breeding , and start to sing early in the morning, we go: OhOh, it's going to get colder soon. The Ravens come and go as they wish, and I have taken some photos yesterday of juvenile Grey Currawongs.
Some species are advantaged by open areas & I think ravens are one, at least little ravens are. Since we've been revegetating our property the number of brown sonlarks, common skylarks, bushlarks, Richard's pipits, littel ravens & white-fronted chats have declined markedly. These are all grassland birds. Of course, the number of bushland birds has inclined markedly.
What a great photo of a Magpie and a mouse. Wow, the unfortunate mouse looks at you in the second photo, what happened to it? Did you feel like helping to save the mouse, or did you think, great catch Magpie?
M-L
Good capture both you and the bird. We do have some magpies here, but the crows now outnumber them. I think crows move in when an area can no longer support the wild life, such as when bush is destroyed and the land cleared. Somehow the crows seem to like these conditions. Used to have Kurrawongs here too.
Karen
Brisbane southside.
I'm not too sure abaut what you are saying Karen, nothing has been cleared in my backyard. I might post some pictures, if I can find them. I have all of those birds at certain times of the year. When the Magpies have finished their breeding , and start to sing early in the morning, we go: OhOh, it's going to get colder soon. The Ravens come and go as they wish, and I have taken some photos yesterday of juvenile Grey Currawongs.
M-L
...and I forgot the Magpie-larks hanging around and breeding. Have some photos of them.
M-L
I think the mouse was injured by grasscutter vehicle. When I came closer the magpie fled away.
Regards
Alex
Some species are advantaged by open areas & I think ravens are one, at least little ravens are. Since we've been revegetating our property the number of brown sonlarks, common skylarks, bushlarks, Richard's pipits, littel ravens & white-fronted chats have declined markedly. These are all grassland birds. Of course, the number of bushland birds has inclined markedly.