That time of the year approaches as Mrs Maggie gets ready for the nesting season. This cheeky sod decided that our door mat would provide good nest material.
Then she will repay us cyclists like THIS.
Pecking Time
July 26th, 2010 by dogbait Leave a reply »
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I would think that doormat material might be a bit scratchy on baby maggies hides, I think you should provide something nice and soft and fluffy for the little dears.
Oh, that was just the outer layer for the nest. I didn’t tell you about the the bed underlay that disappeared off the clothes line.
I call shotgun!
I think we’ll call her “Machine Gun” the way she was banging away at the mat. A guy I know was so enraged by a possum in his roof once that he popped up through the man-hole and fired several shots at it with no thought to where the bullets were going. Of course, straight through the roof.
We have many magpies here, but for the last twenty years they have accepted that we are not a threat to them, and they leave us alone. Of course we leave them alone too, although by the time their babies are almost as large as mum and dad, and screeching for food all day, I could cheerfully throttle them on their parents behalf!
Yes, it’s that screeching that drives you mad and it goes on for months even when they can feed themselves. Same with kids today!
Should have let her finish the nest with the mat,serves you right, now she wants your hair.
62 and still with a full head of hair and it will remain like that, thank you.
What a cheeky devil! You might need to get one of those rubber doormats…that should trick it
We have a lot around here too, i will have to keep an extra eye out this year now Jack will be running around outside.
Did you take the picture of the attacking magpie? It’s a great pic. Such a horrible feeling when they swoop down on you without warning.
Ah, they can have the mat. We just replace them every year. The picture was from the Bike Vic web site. Surprisingly, I’ve rarely been swooped by maggies but Plovers are are a different story.
Sam sleeping on the job eh?
Sam sleeps about 22 hours a day. Even then, he just leaves the maggies alone and they walk around him and know he’s harmless.
Maggies are both smart and dumb. My neighbour feeds them throughout the year. I have noticed they are starting to gather in groups and I am awaiting another season of being dive bombed.(dumb – they are a protected species and very respected by humans) Last summer I rescued a baby that was dehydrated and took it to my house a couple of blocks away and kept it overnight. Next morning its mum and dad were on the porch singing loudly. (Smart – how did they find their baby) I let the baby go and the happy little family went off into the distance to prepare themselves for the next dive bombing season. Nature and Nurture.
A bit dumb at times when they saunter around the cat but he’s so old it’s too much effort to do what cats do. We can have four of them lined up at the door warbling for more food.