Just about every morning (when they are not breeding), this pair of magpies come to the kitchen window and serenade me. Of course, their reward for their performance is a handout of dog mince.
Their carolling is beautiful and this pair seem to have developed their own individual repertoire.
@gigiflower Beethoven Symphony No.9 - Song of Joy :-)
They do the normal carolling type singing but at the end, they do this oooeeeeeeeeooo which I reckon they have composed themselves. We know when it is coming and conduct them in their performance.
They are such clever birds. We have a wind chime next to our kitchen window and one of our magpies used to sit on the window sill and pull on the wind chime to make it ring. A very clever way to get attention.
They do the normal carolling type singing but at the end, they do this oooeeeeeeeeooo which I reckon they have composed themselves. We know when it is coming and conduct them in their performance.