Meat Eating Magpie!

[rovers90]

There was a large magpie sitting in a tree in my garden this morning, had something between his claws he was pulling at. When I shooed him away the item dropped through the tree to the ground and when I went to have a look at what is was, I found a mouse! I didn't know magpies would eat mice.

[kev7937]

Think they'll scavenge just about anything, you never noticed them picking at roadkill?

[woodyguy]

I've seen two fight an adder then eat it. They're tough birds.

[Jackalope]

Magpies are notorious for working up&down and in&out hedge rows searching for song birds nests, these they will raid of eggs, young chicks, any un-fledged chick will become a meal.

I use half rabbits as a food source when using a decoy bird in a larson cage.

 

No doubt they eat meat.

[csservices]

Their members of the crow family so are carrion eaters, as has been said they won't just scavenge but will actively seek out nests to eat the eggs and chicks as will carrion crows, once watched a pair of carrion crows working along the rough grass on a fence line with one pwcking at the grass to make any mice bolt and the other waiting on the other side to catch them as they bolted.

[Stubby]

They are Corvids and will take eggs and young song birds .

[IVECOKID]

If you should unfortunately faint and collapse and you are on your own them Magpies will have your eyeballs out in no time!

 

LOL

 

 

Ste

[john k]

Never mind magpies, I watched my chickens catch and eat a mouse. It lasted about 20 second. I always thought they had a bit of an evil glint in their eyes!

[Robert_S]

If you should unfortunately faint and collapse and you are on your own them Magpies will have your eyeballs out in no time!

 

LOL

 

 

Ste

 

your right, then steal all your jewellery, watch, wallet and car keys. they are the reincarnation of satan himself!! i like them

[Stubby]

Never mind magpies, I watched my chickens catch and eat a mouse. It lasted about 20 second. I always thought they had a bit of an evil glint in their eyes!

 

Chickens will eat chicken ! Seen em eat the leftovers