Friday, August 15, 2025

Feathered Friday

Oh, a football field invasion, without noting 100 goals kicked by a player in his career.

Warbling magpies are so delightful to wake to, as you can hear in this clip by Kye Hammo. 

 

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  1. I delight in the magpie warble which we hear each day at home. It was one of the things I badly missed while in hospital.

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    1. EC, apparently they are saying rather a lot to each other as they warble away.

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  2. Oh. Our magpies don't warble. They cackle like the witches of Endor.

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    1. Our magpies are similar to yours in name only. Ok, I will Google witches of Endor. Right, something biblical.

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    1. Your certainly would in the country, Roentare.

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  4. We have kookaburras hanging about at the moment, maggies on the front lawn unafraid of anyone and yesterday while walking Aggie, white cockatoos having a munch, some of them are huge…Love this time of year as flowering trees wake up. Did you have your footy shorts on Andrew in case a sub was needed?

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    1. I came across a very unafraid magpie a couple of days ago. I can't remember where, but I was surprised. My footy shorts are Capper style, so best I not wear them in public now.

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  5. How sweet, Andrew. I had never heard this before. Thank you 😊 so much for sharing.

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  6. The emus on the football field was hilarious. Magpie warbles are pretty.

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    1. Diane, I wish the video was better, but it is still funny. Gosh did one run fast.

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  7. Love the magpies and often hear them in the mornings. Ostriches on the footy oval or llamas? I couldn't quite make them out.

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    1. River if you have open lawns, especially well watered, they are very attractive to magpies. They are emus. We don't have wild ostriches here.

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  8. lol, Those emus. Love the whistle of the magpie, Andew. Good videos.

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    1. Margaret, the magpies are such a nice sound to wake to, unlike the squawk of wattle birds.

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  9. I love magpies and when my cousin from New Zealand was upset with the "racket" from kookas, I was personally offended!

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    1. Kylie, your cousin needs to go to a 're-education' camp.

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  10. The emus are amazing - probably terrified. I love the warbling magpie - what a beautiful, musical call.

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    1. JB, it is a wonderful sound when there is a couple of them warbling as you wake in the morning. They aren't annoyingly loud.

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  11. Bird song can be beautiful, my favourite, is the curlew on the moors.

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    1. Thelma, we have curlews here but I think they are different to yours. The sounds from ours are not particularly pretty.

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  12. I have never heard a magpie make a sound like that. Ours seem much more screechy.

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    1. Steve, the sound is a bit loud when they are close by, but waking up to them in the morning is lovely.

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  13. That video is just the best, I love it so much. Magpies have such a beautiful song, it's so nice to wake up to. It's funny to imagine them taking over a football field like that, they seem to be having a grand time. It's so lovely to see birds just being themselves in the middle of all our human activities.

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  14. I didn't know magpie sounds are so wonderful. I love them!

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    1. Even better Strayer is when you have a couple of them and they warble away at each other. Thanks.

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