Magpies

[Malt 379]

They roost together as well apparently..

[jiggy 3,209]

 

 

 

how many have you seen in one hit......normally you see alot of single ones, or pairs, and then the odd bigger group, but the most i had seen in one hit was 18, what i thought was a big amount.....but yesterday evening, i was amazed....45 flew over head at once, surely, that's got to go in the Guinness book of records.....

has anyone else seen so many in one sitting?

when nesting season is over they will roost in flocks at twilight up to 100 together in dense forestry especially in midwinter and grey/carrion crows do the same ive seen flocks of them above 500 washing themselves in shallow water on flooded bogland then heading in to wood to roost for night. They split up the next morning at daybreak and meet again the following evening but ive never seen magpies or grey crows flock in huge numbers in summer. If you were into setting poison when it was legal you could wipe out massive numbers by setting bait at one of those flooded areas.

that's interesting mate......500 wow, that makes the 45 i saw seem quite lame........ .............................

yeah and i only managed to shoot 1 ha ha they used to fly over our heads when we were waiting at the duck ponds on winter nights, they are clever birds though because after 1 or 2 nights taking potshots at them they stayed up 10 times higher in air well out of shotgun range.

[jiggy 3,209]

 

 

 

 

how many have you seen in one hit......normally you see alot of single ones, or pairs, and then the odd bigger group, but the most i had seen in one hit was 18, what i thought was a big amount.....but yesterday evening, i was amazed....45 flew over head at once, surely, that's got to go in the Guinness book of records.....

has anyone else seen so many in one sitting?

when nesting season is over they will roost in flocks at twilight up to 100 together in dense forestry especially in midwinter and grey/carrion crows do the same ive seen flocks of them above 500 washing themselves in shallow water on flooded bogland then heading in to wood to roost for night. They split up the next morning at daybreak and meet again the following evening but ive never seen magpies or grey crows flock in huge numbers in summer. If you were into setting poison when it was legal you could wipe out massive numbers by setting bait at one of those flooded areas.

that's interesting mate......500 wow, that makes the 45 i saw seem quite lame........ .............................

yeah and i only managed to shoot 1grey crow ha ha they used to fly over our heads when we were waiting at the duck ponds on winter nights, they are clever birds though because after 1 or 2 nights taking potshots at them they stayed up 10 times higher in air well out of shotgun range.

the magpies were usually in smaller groups of about 30 and always roosted earlier than grey grows . They used to land in the deciduous branchs with no leaves first then head into the conifiers as it got darker.

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

There is a big plot of waste land behind my daughters house with around a dozen shrubby trees, I lost count of how many were there probably well over a hundred and they are there year after year, I am so glad others have seen them in these numbers it is something you have to see yourself to be believed amazing!!

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

P.s. Can't stand the bloody things though!!

[bell 3,612]

There is a roost opposite Elland road football ground. Must be 100 + in winter....would love to shoot it but the cop shop is just up the road.....

[keepitcovert 842]

In east yorks 50 years they were as rare as rocking horse shit, a local farmer had two in a pen which as kids fascinated us never having seen them before. Nowadays the bloody things are all over the place raiding songbirds nests and killing off endangered species, i shoot them when given the chance, only to try to redress the balance but i think im losing the battle, corvids are very intelligent and will be here when other species have gone by the board. ATB KIC.

[TOPPER 1,809]

wont see many around here to busy trapping and shooting the horrible things

[johonawhitness 110]

I've noticed a lot around here are not well they seem to have abscesses and infected eyes had 5 like it now so starting to wonder. I first noticed it when I took a ground sitter and on inspection its eyes were both the size marbles all swollen with discharge. It was 100% blind with around 15 corvids mobbing it.

[j j m 6,630]

see quite a few in mornings going to work

[mackem 30,848]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-canada-s-magpie-capital-1.3161764

[Accip74 7,112]

I've not seen the large groups over here that I used to see in England....

 

I've been rearing this one for the last two weeks with my little lad......

 

 

Boo! Hiss! Haha.......yes I know they're vermin, but it's keeping my lad amused ;-)