Faces of the Charm
The Magpies continue to visit in their extended family group. One name given to a gathering of Magpies is a Charm another is a Gulp. Both these names are apt considering they love to gulp down food, sometimes interrupting the gulping with a little song. The one instigating the song is deviously attempting to get a little closer to the food. Works too. Once the others answer his fluting call with some impressive carolling of their own, the first one will be helping himself to their leftovers; charming.
I think you could imagine the sort of song a canine would burst into had she seen this gulp in action. Fortunately she was inside and totally oblivious
and every skirmish ends with a victor's charming taunt of flute.
3 Good eggs say hi *!*:
Fisticuffs at our end also, Annie. Boss magpie sorting out the unwelcome guests I think. Nesting will be next. I wonder why I like magpies as they're sometimes not nice people. They win me over every time with their dashing good looks and their beautiful song. (I really am a sucker for a pretty face).
The video is just like being right in there with them! The tiny circle of fast moving beaks, and in the back ground the sound of big space and other birds' songs.
Over here the gulls on the rooftops have pretty much all learned how to fly, and are almost as big as their parents. They only drop by for visits now to try and wheedle food out of their parents. Teenagers!
I love maggies, they are great aren't they. Love your birdy posts.
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