Post #757478
2026-03-24 15:35 UTC
A magpie story: two years ago in June, a wind storm blew a fledgling magpie out of the nest at the top of the neighbour’s towering blue spruce. Most of its siblings were able to flutter to a new roost, but this runt was left behind in our yard with an injured leg and not yet able to fly. It was a perilous week that included hazing from unrelated adult magpies, hiding from the other neighbour’s cat, the local coyotes, and crows.
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Replies (4)
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@DavidM_yeg@beige.party 2026-03-24 15:35
In the first few days I chased off a few attackers and shooed the little bird off the road and into the garden, but mostly left nature to take its course. Last year I was heartened to notice that one of our resident magpies hopped with a distinct limp. 2/
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@Fishercat@kolektiva.social 2026-03-24 16:07
@DavidM_yeg I love this story.. thank you for sharing it. Go, Hoppy.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2026-03-24 16:13
@DavidM_yeg This baby bird is too cute. I CAN'T STAND IT. it's too much. You will get no sympathy. Give the baby everything you own.
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@AlanSchtweetz@yeg.bike 2026-03-24 19:59
@DavidM_yeg Totally love this story! It reminds me of working in a third floor office, where I watched a nest of ravens in a tree outside our staircase window.