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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maggieonthelawn" data-source="post: 1631262" data-attributes="member: 80697">Magpies in Australia live for up to 25-30 years if they're lucky, this is normally in captivity.I have owned a baby magpie once, these birds are very smart and playful, they can learn to talk and mimic many sounds, Maggie - was my first baby magpie, she loved to fly, and she would mimic many sounds like the dog that barks up the road and a tractor, she would also sing gorgeous magpie songs in the morning, she would come for walks and would be very playful.However, Maggie did not survive that long, as sometimes she was chased by other magpies in that area, they would chase her away and occasionally attack her.This was a problem, she was being chased at 2years of age, she was looking over her wing to see if they were still following, and she ran into a water tank...this tragically killed her...thankfully it was very quick tho.We now have a new magpie which is much smaller than what Maggie was when we found her. This one has been called 'Tiff' /or/ 'Tiffy', and 'Squishy' as a nickname, although I don't call her Squishy that often or she will come to Squishy.It takes about 2years to only just get their black feathers.Magpies are pretty hardy birds, they should be fine, they wouldn't need a wildlife carer but if you don't want to keep them then a wildlife carer would be a good option.:t:</blockquote>