I am a keen birdwatchcer and am particularly keen on Magpies because from what I have observed, they are intelligent.
Just 30 minutes ago I heard a couple of magpies making a huge racket! I know that they only make this noise when they're troubled by something. Then one by one, more and more magpies started congregating in this tree and making even more of a racket! When I looked outside below the tree, I saw a dead magpie on the road - it think it had just happened. I couldn't believe how many Magpies came around for this!
They are without doubt an intelligent bird, and I'd be really interested to know exactly what's going through their minds when they congregated around this dead Magpie. It must be something along the lines of mourning or saying "goodbye". Very weird to witness, but very interesting!
Just 30 minutes ago I heard a couple of magpies making a huge racket! I know that they only make this noise when they're troubled by something. Then one by one, more and more magpies started congregating in this tree and making even more of a racket! When I looked outside below the tree, I saw a dead magpie on the road - it think it had just happened. I couldn't believe how many Magpies came around for this!
They are without doubt an intelligent bird, and I'd be really interested to know exactly what's going through their minds when they congregated around this dead Magpie. It must be something along the lines of mourning or saying "goodbye". Very weird to witness, but very interesting!