Magpie interactions -- Arapahoe To follow up on Jared's observations. This year I saw a Mourning Dove (the symbol of pacifism) sparring with a Magpie. The Dove won. Another time I saw a rabbit chasing a Magpie all over the place -- the Magpie won (got the baby rabbit.) Then I followed the sound of a Magpie harassing something else and discovered a Cooper's Hawk on the ground eating another baby rabbit. The Magpie tried to steal it, but the Cooper's won. And finally, last week I heard a whole bunch of Magpies jawing noisily and figured there must be a predator they were after. To my delight it turned out to be a Bobcat! Not 20' from me lying in the grass. The Magpies were smart enough to not get too near. Call that one a draw.
Mary Kay Waddington On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 9:18 PM Jared Del Rosso <[email protected]> wrote: > Five years ago, at the end of the first week of June, I encountered a > magpie pair predating a fledgling robin while the robin's parents screeched > and hopped, helpless to intervene. > > This morning, I checked out an angry robin at the edge of my Centennial > yard. I wanted to ensure we didn't have a neighborhood cat around. The > bird's vocalizations were enough to upset both my chickens and a squirrel. > > I found not a cat, nor a Cooper's Hawk (my next guess), but a magpie. I > figured the magpie was after an egg or a nestling. The robin chased the > magpie and I left the scene to unfold how it would unfold. > > This evening, when investigating the song of a thrush from the edge of my > yard (Merlin says Swainson's, but I need to play it back and confirm) I > came face to face with a flightless fledgling robin. So we're past eggs and > nestlings, it seems. A quite striking bird, already having lost the odd, > downy head feathers. > > Best of luck to the robin and the robin parents. Same, too, to the > magpies, which have been attending to some noisy young somewhere in a nest > in a neighbor's yard. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/12c19faa-c533-4ee0-90d9-a2aa553a6970n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/12c19faa-c533-4ee0-90d9-a2aa553a6970n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAA-Db7exU7KNnv9_dqAQL6_B1k9x%2Bvg6maykF2ZajTdMCVHccQ%40mail.gmail.com.
