BRIGHT BOY  by markp

BRIGHT BOY

They reckon crows are amongst the cleverest of birds and this Magpie certainly showed that he's no bird brain. I had just thrown out the crusts from the Monsters breakfast toast, I know, they will never get curls. Anyway within a few minutes two Magpies dropped down into the garden and hopped over to the crusts, as I watched through the window this one picked up a crust and made its way over to the small earthen ware saucer which was filled with water. He dropped it into the water, had a good look around, then dunked it in and out of the water a few times, and then when it had softened started to eat it. Maybe I should offer them a cup of tea with biscuits to dunk tomorrow.
Not the sharpest of shots as it was taken through glass, but I thought the story was worth telling.
Maybe he is a French magpie? They like dunking croissants in coffee.
February 25th, 2014  
@steampowered Thanks Paul, not got any croissants but have got Hot Cross Buns, just going to stick the kettle on and get the Nescaffe ready for todays shot.
February 25th, 2014  
Magpies are ingenious! Nice shot and story.
Magpies remind me of my hometown of Newcastle. :>)
February 25th, 2014  
Nice capture!
February 25th, 2014  
Great shot - I've seen them do this in my birdbath, makes a right mess of the water when they leave bits behind.
February 25th, 2014  
Great capture!
February 25th, 2014  
Lovely capture of this clever bird - love your story
February 25th, 2014  
Nice capture and a great story to go with it.
February 25th, 2014  
nice capture!
February 26th, 2014  
Sounds like similar behavior to what racoons do with their food. Nice shot, magpies are such sharp looking birds.
February 27th, 2014  
Beautiful colours, I tend to think of magpies as black and white...this one is lovely
March 3rd, 2014  
@cailts @tuya @virtualbrownie @elisasaeter @rosiekind @bri1066 @ragnhildmorland @gardencat @ourrube Thank you all very much for taking time to view and for all your wonderful comments.
March 5th, 2014  
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