9-year-old Is Best Friends With A Wild Magpie | The Dodo

9-year-old is best friends with a wild magpie, who finds her wherever she goes and asks to play!
We spoke to Lucy, who told us how they met and became so close 💕
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[@Drubaldo]

Middle-aged man here tearing up over how adorable this story is! The cutest story all week!

[@TheGirthyTurkey]

Me too!

[@ricku8121]

I'm here to join you guys

[@ll8785]

🥹🫣.... I'm not crying bro, YOU'RE CRYING 😆🫶🏼🤙🏼🐦‍⬛🤍

[@garryiglesias4074]

I always promise myself not to click on those videos anymore... And always end up crying like a little boy...

[@TheVanillatech]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[@irishrebel1976]

Every child needs an animal as a pet. They get something to love and they learn responsibility.

[@Jenny_Crow]

❤

[@thenewtowncryer]

Sure, but let's focus on every child having parents that know what they are doing.

[@Did.a_flip]

​@@thenewtowncryer sadly l, I agree. My parents didn't know what they were doing and we got dogs and kept none for longer than 2 years. I loved them so much and was glad to have them but they deserved better

[@elenapetrova1389]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️

[@wizewizard1840]

no

[@lisanidog8178]

She’s a magpie whisperer. And being helped by her, the bird shows appreciation. Cool!

[@dannafreespirit6831]

The little girl is a powerful empath. She is so gentle and able to respond to the bird in a way that respects the bird with their size difference. Shes an animal communicator. So beautiful to see❤

[@7yep4336dfgvvh]

She is a crow whisperer

[@cherylcobern4483]

I have noticed, empathic ppl usually get along better with animals, or have animals gravitate to them more than non-empaths. I always say, if animals like you, you cant be all bad. 😊

[@glennoliphint8691]

You have to have a bird brain or any other animal brain to connect with the animals that you want to connect with. So i can honestly say that i connect with all animals and I'm glad to say it because animals are 100% better than 99% of the humans that are in this world right now. 😂

[@zafariqbal4344]

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@@cherylcobern4483 7'

[@gloryakiepper7918]

I am tearing up. You are a lovely young girl. Your bird is lucky to have you. You are lucky to have her. Great dynamic duo.🎉

[@krispypriest5116]

Not alot to say but wow. Pie in the sky with her mom! Thank you for saving this beautiful bird.

[@TheMixCurator]

What a beautiful connection! The greatest thing is, magpies can live up to 25 years ❤❤

[@thelordcomanderwhocriedwolf]

❤️‍🔥

[@AusyJo]

Wow!!!

[@joematerascz3725]

I did not know that! Great to know. I bet having a trusting relationship with a human like this girl may even give them something more to live for. I like to think that anyway!

[@IrishBiteGirl]

In captivity... The wild is dangerous. Hopefully shes fine.

[@georgeleo76]

Straka také patří do Čeleď krkavcovití (Corvidae) a jsou inteligentní a prošla v zrcadlovém testu sebeuvědomění.

[@karyannfontaine8757]

Pie and her human are wonderful together. A lovely friendship. I hope she brings her young for a visit. My mother had a special relationship with Cardinals and they returned to her with their little ones.

[@slavexcalledxshiver]

That's so amazing. 😭

[@elizabird6516]

This is like a beautiful short film from a film festival. It really deserves an award. So poignant and needed in such troubled times.

[@jenniferblair9848]

What a special little girl with awesome parents who taught her how to love animals

[@fs3579]

And or she was able to listen to nature's majestic message in plain sight!

[@RachelmumHar98]

Magpies are extremely intelligent. If they feel safe and well fed around a human, it is no surprise they keep coming back and act accordingly. The girl is kind, but it is only the magpie's decision to stay.

[@miglena2s]

❤

[@SilverAuntie]

So true. They have never tried to "domesticate" Pie, even leaving the door wide open for him/her to come and go as they please.

[@f.mazz.459]

Yes indeed. They belong to corvus family of birds, along with the crow and the raven

[@ZestySea]

@@SilverAuntie - he/she's been "habituated" to humans. Its a problem for wildlife carers. The child is very cute, but there are rules in Australia about not doing this.

[@SilverAuntie]

@@ZestySea Oh! I didn't know! What does that mean, "habituated?" And, what should she be doing, instead?

[@HeathenFitness]

Wow fhis young girl is so intelligent!! Hwr mom and dad must be so proud. They really raised her right!!

[@sebelzahntigerkind3923]

This child gets to grow up so wholesomely, it's what I wish for everyone indeed.

[@jori7398]

Amen, Love.

[@eddypuentes6155]

​@@jamesrobertarchbald6357everyone but you're on the wrong video 📹. Stick to the subject, and the title of this video. This is about an adorable 9yo girl 👧, and the bond she has with a magpie that was half alive. Have a nice day 🕊❤♡🫀♡🕊🙂.

[@touchofgrey5372]

What a beautiful relationship!

[@elenapetrova1389]

This little girl melted my heart. Great parents!

[@eddypuentes6155]

Mines too=)🤝.

[@_Cetarial]

Though it can’t be a pet, it’s still a cute relationship between the kid and the magpie.

[@kahetiger]

Tears wouldn't stop flowing seeing the connection between this girl and Pie. For me, coming across this video was not just a coincidence. Due to several different health issues for the past 5 years, as each day passes, my loneliness and despair, at times, feel almost endless. My love for animals came from my dad, who I so dearly miss. There are so many happy, quirky, funny, loving, and sometimes sad memories that we shared. Unfortunately, life goes too fast or gets in the way that I, too, often forget those memories. Stories like this help snap me out of the everyday problems I sadly let get in my way. The love of a friendship between us and animals is special and unconditional. Thank you, dad, for your love of God's beautiful creatures. I will always cherish the memories!!

[@sonicbaseballzoodreams]

I can only imagine what it's like to have a magpie, raven, and crow for a best friend.

[@michaelbuto305]

i feel she live her best life.

[@Beth-zg6gb]

The innocence of it all is so heart warming! To see and know nature as a child does is such a gift! 💕

[@indigowolf556]

What a sweet story. And the parents can be proud of their children and especially of the daughter in the way that she so compassionately cared for this bird. This is the way humans and wildlife interact calmly peacefully and respectfully.❤

[@svtjunkie]

This is such an amazing connection. When an animal, especially a wild one, trusts you it's an incredible sight to behold.

[@quietlionwhp2609]

Pie pie is her spirit bird. She's there to protect her and the family. Love their bond ❤️ 💕

[@eddypuentes6155]

🥧

[@norbertvidarramberg7024]

I just love ,how human and animal can forge bonds!

[@joegarcia3214]

I don't know who's more cute here. Cute girl + cute bird + beautiful story = cuteness overload 💖

[@marciaguick9609]

Sooo sweet!! Pie-ah loves your family a lot. It’s so nice she just comes and goes and still comes to visit. Awesome!!❤❤

[@applezaida3815]

What a beautiful friendship. This little girl is so sweet, I can see why the magpie wants to be friends. She should write a children’s book on her adventures with pie.

[@HeirOfNothingInParticular]

I second this suggestion!!

[@ViridisAmbrosia]

She meditates? ❤ Also this girl's respect for her as a wild bird. ❤

[@amberstamp1965]

😢That is absolutely beautiful

[@1996pola]

Such a sweet and beautiful story. Magpies are sweetest, cutest, smartest and best birds ever

[@moonandstars4690]

Her grandmother in heavens sent her this beautiful magpie 💖✨I love this story!

[@zenon7094]

What an unusual and therefore all the more beautiful friendship between a human and an bird!!

[@katewardle8032]

It is lovely to see that the children in this family could experience caring for wildlife and understanding this magpie is not a pet to be kept in their house but a wild animal who will leave them. Best result all round. ❤

[@Jazzatic2011]

Pie grabbing the flowers and being on the rafter is almost as close as I’ve heard an Australian magpie (or any) to the BEAUTIFUL SING SONG VOICE THEY CAN HAVE OVER HERE. It’s so rare I can’t find or get audio of it but the Canadian ones once made this gorgeous sound and it makes me so happy!!! I didn’t think it was a distress sound from the youth. But very cool friendship and that girl should know usually you make those for life.

[@BrassLock]

Delightful video, so glad you kept a lengthy record from the early days.

[@Heyheyrayeraye]

This just might be the greatest thing I've ever seen. ❤😊

[@Gman-cr8rq]

Animals remember kindness, and you young lady did a great job.

[@magnushelin007]

So adorable! What an amazing, sensitive and smart young girl she is. Such an innocent and beautiful friendship they have. ❤

[@riversong4204]

What a beautiful and special relationship! This is something I'm sure the sweet little girl will remember and treasure forever.

[@karenwolsey2283]

This is so beautiful and inspiring.🐧👧💞💕💞

[@ipoison3862]

Pie loves her little girl so much ❤❤❤❤ Good job with raising Pie ❤❤❤

[@quietusplus1221]

Magpies are so freaking smart for a bird.

[@crackedblack1410]

Actually just heart warming. Dunno why I watched this at almost midnight but it helped curing my awful day🙂

[@vee6049]

This is one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen 🥰 what a beautiful bond they have. God bless ❤

[@maverickegan5914]

0:52 💖And meditates on one leg for up to 2 hrs... That was hilarious. 😅

[@garymacmillan]

A year plus ago a grown daughter took an injured Magpie out of the road and nursed it back to health over the course of a month plus. Released, the bird came back every few days to visit and have a snack and does to this day. Two months ago my daughter was surprised by seeing the bird fly into a tall evergreen at her house and proceed to feed 5 "babies" nearly full grown but with immature tail feathers.

[@timothy-scottunderwood1535]

Great story. We have 2 mobs of Maggie's that come to our house. They all have names and are treated like family, but also respected because they are wild. This young lady has a super big heart and future. From one Aussie magpie lover to another, God bless and keep going.

[@JasikaChannel]

She's an animal communicator. So beautiful to see! ❤

[@robertjames1324]

Just beautiful. A lovely little girl with a lovely Magie. So gentle and loving

[@aytac007]

What a sweet girl and her friendship with the magpie is so heartwarming.

[@robsalvv5853]

Sadly I only have one like to give. While most people in Australia live in cities, this is a quintessential Aussie clip, especially the accent and farmland backdrop. What a gorgeous story. Grazie mile!

[@joshuadurham9699]

Nothing better than love

[@sanfranman4919]

That's precious. The people in these type of scenarios have all the fun. That's awesome.

[@sabina8618]

This girl is wonderful, gentle and precious with her magpie. I love magpies too; my favourite bird and have had them come in the house; just being curious. Watching this I feel my love for Australia; we are so lucky. A lovely Australian childhood here. Well done mum and dad too

[@RV4aviator]

I started putting out food for Magpies in my backyard. First there were only 3, now I have 11 that visit every day... Very intelligent birds...Love them...!

[@fortnitegriddy3553]

I can guarantee you that there’s at least 3 families within that 11

[@bettesmith1117]

This connection is so special.

[@mo8748]

Incredible, we are so lucky to be able to see this with our own eyes through utube! Does my 78 year young heart good, to see this lovely girl with her lovely bird friend!😊

[@laurablassberg8559]

So sweet

[@Viking8888]

Animals never cease to amaze me with the love they have for us. 😊

[@IrisMichelle1270]

That little girl has experienced something that I think is a spiritual experience... having a wild animal befriend her. I hope her mind can understand just how special her bond is with Pie. We all know Pie will have a family of it's own but will always come back to visit her if she is there.

[@judys5638]

God's critters are the best therapy such a beautiful story, thanks for sharing

[@steve82945]

looks like pie pie has a friend for life 🤣🤣

[@Kcali111]

This is what lifes about ✌️❤️

[@Schacal6666]

God bless the parents that made and make this possible for their children. May god protect you and your family always!

[@bradgansberg7781]

Sometimes you come across something that makes you feel that everything might just be ok. For me, this is one of those things.

[@BigChungus378]

The signing together is so adorable

[@wendyjones1422]

What a lovly girl looking after her little bird friend

[@SevereWeatherQuester2005]

Rec Room-Styled Cheer from the American Bloke, DollywoodUORFan (Me), to the 9-Year-Old Sheila: Cheers from USA, Mate! Thanks for making Australia a better place down under!

[@MadHax-wt5tl]

A friend of mine rescued an abandoned magpie chick once. When he took the bird home to look after it, his dad revealed an old newspaper clipping, about how when he was a kid he also rescued and looked after an abandoned magpie.

[@johnpleung]

nice for the magpie to feel like it has a safety net with her human family

[@marioforget2773]

So cute. ❤❤❤

[@bluedev7355]

Such a sweet and kind girl with equally kind parents. A wonderful family.

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

This is one of the sweetest and adorable human-animal relationship. ❤

[@EziekKiel]

Children and their innocence make the world a truly magical place🥰Lucy is a little sweetheart! Lord please protect this kid. Actually? NO, protect ALL of your children!❤

[@eddypuentes6155]

I agree ☺. I miss that innocence I once had as a child ☹️. Some people would just Look at me now. Now that I'm an adult and 40. I just turned 40 yo yesterday. Now that I'm an adult and 40 yo people think, *Eww 🤮 a creepy 40 yo man.* I say that because well, that's how I see myself compared to this little girl. Not that I'm creepy but I wish I was 9 yo 😞☹️. Let's face it, a 9 year old little boy or girl is more adorable and wholesome than a 40 yo man 😑. I miss when people used to pinch my cheeks when I was 9 yo ☺️☹️.

[@libroscombustibles2616]

Thank you god for this miracle we call life, it's a treasure only innocents deserve. ¡Blessings from Colombia!

[@julesmarwell8023]

what a lucky and lovely young girl. The magpie is in love with you.. you treasure it..

[@ReadingThroughLife]

What a sweet connection. This little girl is filled with kindness!

[@h.montgomery]

Very cute with her magpie. Funny, she looks like Anouchka Delon

[@reikigirl2509]

My favourite DoDo video this year. What a wonderful little girl, and family. Fabulous example of how to live side by side with nature ❣️🍄‍🟫

[@ismewhat1234]

Special story little lady ✨️👌👏👏👏👏

[@jjs1300000]

This is just beautiful.

[@johanna11980]

This friendship is the best part of this world, thank you for sharing your story Lucy, we appreciate it 💝

[@tshaffer9681]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this happy journey with us. In this world it's wonderful to see something like this. God bless you and yours. Stay safe.

[@anitavalerio2150]

Just beautiful

[@jacobhofman1517]

I'm willing to bet she will be working with animals in the future. Such a sweet soul good luck.

[@dankster990]

I started crying watching this cause this made me so happy

[@lukeamato423]

😊 what a great connection these 2 share

[@ginacaradonna8063]

Lucy is such a special little girl.

[@dxcSOUL]

Quite possibly the sweetest video on the internet

[@WildWavesofficial.]

Her commitment is exceptional. We deeply appreciate everything she did!

[@donnawentz2221]

It’s so beautiful to see how the girl interacts with Pie! Thank goodness for parents that raise their children to love and respect birds.

[@melindedemmers264]

The magpie feels safe around this girl🤗. What better compliment could one ask for!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️

[@favorites51066]

This made me cry! Well done showing a true story reality

[@NotMikaelaPlays]

That is her spirit, aminal looking after her 😊

[@ashbeech7785]

Videos like these really warm my heart. Reinforcing how we should cherish and protect our beautiful wildlife! 😍❤️

[@TheUnknownVideographer]

No, it's interfering with normal Magpie life. Magpie and crow babies fall out of the nest and live on the ground for up to a week until they learn to fly. The parents come around and feed them. If you see one on the ground, it's likely not lost or abandoned. It's normal.

[@kthippie6004]

Love this! Such a sweet story 🥰

[@Ceerads]

This is delightful, both the child and the magpie! Such a relief during these very difficult times. Thank you! 💙💙💙💙

[@russbeard3665]

Wonderful story of true bonding and respect between two species. The girl and Pie should win some type of award for this video!!!!

[@FloodExterminator]

This story is so wholesome 🥺

[@Frankiebigbluepup]

Aww so cute 🦅 👼🐣🐶🩵🪽🌱🦋