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Magpie trap success.... #7686492
10/06/22 10:06 AM 10/06/22 10:06 AM
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Looked out the kitchen window this morning and there's 4 customers in the trap.

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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686512
10/06/22 10:44 AM 10/06/22 10:44 AM
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I had one we found and bottle feed it . It could say a lot of words had it for a pet for 7 years.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686527
10/06/22 11:09 AM 10/06/22 11:09 AM
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Magpies are scavengers are they not? They are a beneficial species of bird, right?

Must be nice to eat ice cream as fast as you want and not have to worry about brain freeze.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686533
10/06/22 11:22 AM 10/06/22 11:22 AM
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Federal protection in usa
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686538
10/06/22 11:27 AM 10/06/22 11:27 AM
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We have a small flock that hangs and nests around our place, they do a good job keeping the hawks and such away, when a hawk stops by they get mobbed and move on.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686558
10/06/22 12:13 PM 10/06/22 12:13 PM
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Corvids-Same as a crow or a raven.

Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686567
10/06/22 12:27 PM 10/06/22 12:27 PM
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They are not protected here. They fly through the yard in flocks of 12 to 15. They chase all the other birds away from the feeder and help themselves. Nothing but bullies. But VERY clever birds, no doubt.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686568
10/06/22 12:28 PM 10/06/22 12:28 PM
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Nice!

The Amish here set similar traps for tweety birds. What do ya catch them for?

Ok, I see why. We were posting at the same time.

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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686571
10/06/22 12:41 PM 10/06/22 12:41 PM
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When I hunted elk in Colorado magpies would be on the gut piles within minutes. Pretty cool looking birds!

Must be nice to eat ice cream as fast as you want and not have to worry about brain freeze.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686622
10/06/22 03:27 PM 10/06/22 03:27 PM
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Protected in the USA

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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686624
10/06/22 03:30 PM 10/06/22 03:30 PM
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Magpies are considered one of the three smartest animals in the word.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686693
10/06/22 06:24 PM 10/06/22 06:24 PM
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Nasty -, peck the eyes out of new born calves. Haven't seen one here in quite a few years, and that is fine by me.




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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7686696
10/06/22 06:32 PM 10/06/22 06:32 PM
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As the saying goes, not every coyote has a magpie but every magpie has a coyote.

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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: chas3457] #7686727
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Originally Posted by chas3457
Nasty - , peck the eyes out of new born calves. Haven't seen one here in quite a few years, and that is fine by me. Charlie

I am glad to see I am not the only one that has no love for them.


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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: MJM] #7686888
10/07/22 01:51 AM 10/07/22 01:51 AM
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American In the Pyrenees; Fran...
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We trap them here and kill every one. Big time nest raiders.

Smart birds like their crow and Jay cousins.

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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7686890
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Originally Posted by Grandpa Trapper
Magpies are considered one of the three smartest animals in the word.

I'm guessing ravens are one of the other (probably smartest), and crows?

I had a couple beaver carcasses covered with a pallet, and then four more pallets (one upright on each side of the pallet that was covering the carcasses). A group of about 20 ravens figured out twice how to get the pallets off of those beaver carcasses. I never saw them do it; wish I had. Ravens are like magicians.

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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7687602
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There a popular bird in north western China, they catch and eat them


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Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7687642
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Not protected here, also have a tendency to eat baby chickens and their eggs, if they can get them.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: nightlife] #7689200
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Originally Posted by MJM
Originally Posted by chas3457
Nasty - , peck the eyes out of new born calves. Haven't seen one here in quite a few years, and that is fine by me. Charlie

I am glad to see I am not the only one that has no love for them.


Doesn't sound like Magpies are beneficial bird the Audubon Society makes them out to be. But then, neither are starlings and they seem to give them a pass too.
Originally Posted by nightlife
There a popular bird in north western China, they catch and eat them

They eat everything in China that moves. sick

Must be nice to eat ice cream as fast as you want and not have to worry about brain freeze.
Re: Magpie trap success.... [Re: Bushmaster] #7689605
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How is that trap made ? I am only curious ?

You can ride a fast horse slow but you can't ride a slow horse fast .
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