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    Laws regarding feeding wild birds

    In Australia. What are they?
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    Overgrown beak?

    A bird I see from time to time has a very long overgrown beak. It's a sulpher crested cockatoo. Sometimes I feed the flock. What should I do about the one with the deformed beak? What if it's because of a contagious disease?
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    If you know a wild and social bird has PBFD...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittacine_beak_and_feather_disease Also known as avian AIDS. What should you do? It is an extremely devastating disease and highly contagious to parrots and cockatoos. The carrier loses its feathers and typically its beak grows so malformed so that it can't feed...
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    My bird is injured :(

    There was only ever an extremely minute chance I'd take her to a vet anyway. Her behaviour isn't significantly different from when she was uninjured other than the limp. Actually I saw her vomit today. Haven't seen that before. And she's refusing the the odd worm but still eating fine for the...
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    My bird is injured :(

    She's an australian magpie. She's wild; I don't own her but she visits my yard multiple times a day. She has begun walking with a limp and holding one leg up when idle. There are no apparent signs of a break nor bleeding to my eyes but it's difficult to get a good look and I'm not sure I could...
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    Magpies fighting

    There are three maybe four rival families of magpies that strive to contest the territory around my house. Ariel dogfights are pretty common. I'd like to know as much about this as I can. Do they aim to just chase the other birds or actually attack them? Kill them? Is it common behaviour for...
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    I see birds keeping their beaks open

    Alright thanks guys. I thought it was because of the heat it's just that I hadn't payed attention to any birds since fairly recently so I didn't know if they were doing it when it was cool too. How come I sometimes see birds sunbathing when it's hot and other's carefully sticking to the shade...
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    I see birds keeping their beaks open

    Why do they do this? I've seen aussie magpies, common mynas and possibly currawongs holding their beaks open indefinately. Now I don't believe they do it when they feel threatened because the magpie is very comfortable around me yet sometimes he does it and other times he doesn't. I see them do...
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    Something I can't quite understand

    I had an australian magpie visit my place pretty well everyday some time ago. I'd feed her grubs from the garden mostly. The grubs became harder and harder to come by though so I bought a bunch of meal worms specifically recommended from the pet shop. So I threw a couple in front of her and...
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    Strange behaviour from a Magpie

    Thanks for the info. I thought that was it but now I'm not sure. She did the same thing today and when she left I inspected the area and found zero ants. Any given spot in my yard has more ants than the pile of garbage bags. As they are made of thin plastic and are left to sit in the sun all...
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    My bird has not returned

    I was just about to make another sullen post when I heard a peck at my backyard door; she's back! :) Goodness me am I relieved. She's her usual cheeky self with no discernible injuries! She ate a lot of worms and even chased the currawong away. I still wonder what caused her absence. It has...
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    My bird has not returned

    I became aquainted with an Australian magpie three months ago and establised something of a friendship with her. After a few days she would eat out of my hand and afterwards she could perch on my knee. She visited my yard every day without fail IIRC and I'd feed her grubs/worms, mince meat etc...
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    Strange behaviour from a Magpie

    The other day my magpie friend had a nice feed and then wondered over to a section of my yard with several piles of garbage bags filled with garden waste, climbed the 2 foot high or so structure and settled at the peak, lying on it's chest with it's wings spread out all the way. It was laying...
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