The black and white magpie is widely considered one of the most intelligent animals in the world and one of the only nonmammal species able to recognize itself in a mirror test. Magpies have lived in close association with humans for centuries. They have unusually long tails (at least half of their body length) and short, rounded wings. The feathers of the tail and wings are iridescent, reflecting a bronzy-green to purple. They have white bellies and shoulder patches and their wings flash white in flight. Like other corvids, they are very vocal, even boisterous. Typical calls include a whining “Maag” and a series of loud, harsh “chuck” notes.
Magpies build huge, domed nests. In the winter when deciduous trees are bare, the large nests are easily seen.
Magpies can cause substantial damage locally to crops such as almonds, cherries, corn, walnuts, melons, grapes, peaches, wheat, figs, and milo. Their damage is probably greatest in areas where insects and wild mast are relatively unavailable.
Magpies are often found near livestock where they feed on dung-and carrion-associated insects. They also forage for ticks and other insects on the backs of domestic animals. Perhaps the most notorious magpie behavior is the picking of open wounds and scabs on the backs of livestock. If they find an open wound, such as that from a new brand, they may pick at it until they create a much larger wound. The wound may eventually become infected and, in some instances, may kill the animal. Magpies, like ravens, may peck the eyes out of newborn or sick livestock.
Magpies rob wild bird and poultry nests of eggs and hatchlings. They can be very destructive to poultry, especially during the nesting season when magpie parents are gathering food for their young. Magpie roosts can be a nuisance because of excessive noise and the odor associated with droppings.
Magpies have caused physical damages to humans. The extent of damage has left people blind!
Swooping magpie blinds little boy, family pleads for awareness
Graeme Butler with Emily Olle
Published: 05/09/2019
As magpie season looms, a Perth family has pleaded for awareness of the dangers of swooping birds.
The victim of a shocking magpie attack, six-year-old Finn Kelly is blind in one eye.
The attack happened a year ago at the beginning of spring at Clarko Reserve, in the Perth suburb of Trigg.
The family was walking through the park when Finn was swooped from the ground up.
He was struck in the eye.
Surge in eye injuries as Melbourne magpies go on attack spree
Australian Associated Press – Thu 19 Oct 2017
Hospital issues warning as ‘extraordinary’ spate of bird-inflicted injuries include a penetrated eye that required surgery
A penetrated eye that needed surgery is just one of an “extraordinary” spate of magpie-inflicted injuries in Melbourne, and one hospital has issued a warning about the swooping birds.
The number of eye injuries caused by the bird has risen significantly, according to the emergency director of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear hospital, Dr Carmel Crock.
“Normally, we might see one or two a month,” she told ABC radio on Thursday. “But in July we saw 14 cases of bird eye injuries. August there were 12.
“In the last week, we saw five in the one day, including a penetrating eye injury that needed to go to theatre.”
Many attacks took place in Lonsdale Street, Punt Road, Lygon Street and Heffernan Lane in the CBD, Crock said.
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