Maggie - my dad's pet magpie tamest and friendliest magpie anywhere

[@adamrules01]

Ths magpie will now teach other magpies how to lay tracks and build trains, soon we will have an idustrialised magpie minority in Australia.

[@louiserawle8999]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂❤️❤️

[@fatjoe1251]

bro she even lays on her back. thats some serious trust right there

[@Mucho-Taco]

Fat Joe more like intelligence

[@Sea_Leech]

@@Mucho-Taco trust is a part of intelligence

[@johnferguson8993]

They are beautiful birds. I have a family of 4 that visit me several times a day. I consider it an honour.

[@DAZZASARCADEGAMES]

Magpies are awesome birds,hard to get there trust,but once you have it, then friends for life.

[@milkshaq1239]

John Ferguson same bruv

[@invadingminds]

That is so awesome..how does that come about??

[@jamesscherbenske5985]

Invading Minds love

[@lordhood117]

Invading Minds ...and some food.

[@mcjc8342]

When I was twelve I helped a starving magpie get back to health. But he kept flying back to my house, and every day when I would feed him I would move a step closer. Over two months I was able to gently pat his wings but never his head. Before we moved out, on our last day when I was feeding him for the last time I patted his head. from that moment onwards I have had a deep respect for animals and always a soft spot for magpies. And I’ve never been swooped by a magpie since that day they are truly amazing birds.

[@cobean4695]

He told his homies that you were chill and they can't swoop you

[@AlPootis]

Thank you

[@EveryonesBff]

May grandma has 6 magpies.

[@twomad69]

very motivational, i have a magpie that comes every morning and says hi to my mum. your magpie is probably still having a happy life with its friends. Awaiting your return 😀

[@ANiMALFRiENDS_GOLDMAN]

BiRD Bird in flight Bird of Light In the sky You shine so bright Bird of wings How she sings Much of Joy he often brings Bird of love Bird of Dove You bring peace to us from above Bird of Grace The Flying Ace Always brings a smile to our face 🐦 🐦 🐦 🦜 🦜 🦜🦢 🦢 🦢 🦚 🦚 🦚 🦚 🦚 🦚 🦚 🦚 🦚 ONELOVE FEATHERED ONES

[@glennrobinson7193]

When an animal lays on its back in front of you, that's a demonstration of total trust.

[@readynow12345]

When a bird rolls over on it's back that is the ultimate sign of trust.

[@monsterfruitloop8493]

Holy shit. The fact that she trusts you enough to let you drop her on her back and rub her belly says A LOT. She really loves you two. I'd say I'm jealous--well, actually, that's exactly what I am saying. XD

[@kerry7932]

Magpie accidentally downloaded dog firmware.

[@Kozi_art]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@launchpadmcquack8655]

It is common behaviour in Australian magpies. You always see the juveniles play fighting, they roll on their backs and kick at each other and wrestle.

[@christopherstein2024]

When do people understand that most animals are like dogs when tamed and treated well? Sorry for being a buzzkill.

[@wheelywind3189]

I saw this about an year ago and immediately set a goal for my self. I'm very happy to say that I have managed to adopt one. Lokka now eats from my hand, follows me around. He plays around the garden and tries to steal my paint brushes. He is so cute. I'm very happy.

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

so beautiful, got any video or pics of you and him playing?

[@MichaelTheRead]

When she's laying on her back and just gripping the guy's finger with her little foot, like a baby...my heart... ;-;

[@Sky9136]

So this is what it’s like to own a baby velociraptor...

[@Sea_Leech]

Velociraptor was actually the size of a turkey, so thats what it was like to own a teebage velociraptor. Youve been looking at too much Jurassic park

[@thegoodnessness]

Sweet girl! Magpies are incredibly affectionate when you show them you mean no harm. Ive befriended a family and they will come looking in my window and calling for me. Really appreciate the magpie video

[@wukostarysradogitary]

youtube recommended finally doing something right

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

Agreed!

[@EKSBEntertainment]

I have 3 Magpies who cannot go back to the wild. They're so sweet and when I am depressed or in pain they come and snuggle with me :) ( 1 has 1 eye and 1 leg ) ( 1 has 1 full wing and one half and one leg ) ( One has 1 eye and 1 full wing and 1 half wing) If you feed magpies but not feed them to much they tend to not swoop humans who give food and they let the other magpies know. Been with me 10 years there so well trained they have a poop bucket and sleep with me on my bed and sit on me watching movies. ( Hehe some mornings there on there backs with wings out and like Bloop.

[@purebloodirishman9389]

Elite Knight Productions Between the 3 of them u have a full magpie

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

[@lindan6020]

How do u teach them to poop in buckets?

[@claudesantolini6335]

Ha ha !!

[@tonyallen8626]

my Dad had like this one, she was getting bullied by the other magpies so dad started feeding her, after a while she was strong enough to look after her self, she ended up started her own family and for the next ten years she would bring her kids around to show Dad and come inside for her morning belly scratch, she also made it very clear to the other magpies that the belly scratches where for her and no one else, her young ones would get in trouble if she caught them trying to con their way in for a belly scratch, that bird defiantly character.

[@bodybuildingABC]

thats so cool!! i never thought birds could be so clever!

[@dumpthechump1769]

I love it! Thanks.

[@koi-irako]

this bird can live for ten years?!

[@atheist101]

@@bodybuildingABC They're in the same family as Ravens and Crows. The most intelligent bird family. Not only can they be trained, they learn by watching, can teach each other and can make tools to make other tools. The last one is only seen in very few species one of which is great apes. Theres a video of a crow making a hook to get a treat using another tool it made. They can also learn to talk like parrots

[@kamisama9715]

@@koi-irako lol even a pigeon can live for 15 years. Parrots can live for over 80 years

[@unicornucopia1]

Maggie is simply precious! I'm a veterinary technician and for years I worked in a clinic which specializes in birds and exotic pets. Lots of birds of prey, lots of parrots and lovebirds, reptiles and amphibians, rabbits, chinchillas, etc, in addition to dogs, cats, rats, hamsters, etc. Over the last 30 years I've raised and released dozens of orphaned wild birds. And in that time I've had a handful which were not releasable; 3 of those became members of my family: a female California Scrub jay I named Bijou, a female European House Sparrow called Baby, and a male Northern Mockingbird I call Star. They are some of the BEST pets I've ever had. The softbills (magpies, jays, and mockingbirds are all softbills) are incredibly wonderful birds. I absolutely love them. Your Maggie is a lot like my scrub jay was.... super affectionate, craving lots of loves and cuddles, and very playful. My mockingbird, a north American species which only lives an average of 2-6 years in the wild, is 16 years old and still going strong. He absolutely lights up my life. Clearly Maggie is a fabulous and sweet girl who does the same for you and your dad. No doubt she'll be with you guys for many happy years. Thank you for sharing this glimpse into Maggie's world. She is truly adorable!

[@bug2244]

That's amazing about the age of your mockingbird! It's obviously getting all it needs and then some as far as love and food and care. ❤️

[@lutzderlurch7877]

If it were not for lack of potty training and my inability to provide a large area to fly, a magpie or the likes would be a prime pet...clever and cool li'l dinosaurs, AND cuddly..

[@marcdavis7303]

Magpies are god send.When i was a child my Paraplegic conjfined to a wheel chair for 66 yrs of her life thru polio which swept thru Australia in 1953.I never saw my mother walk.She used her arms for everything to bath tub and bed time transferring her self on /off bed.Then she developed a bone fracture in her arm.She was totally immobilised in bed without movement except for her complaining about wanting to have some company.One day a Full Black N White adult magpie flew into the small housing estate window and sat on the mirror part of the blackbean duchess mirror furniture piece in corner The Magpie stayed 5 mnths every day and leave every night .We could feed it raw frozen red meat only if at all.We were starving.The magpie used to to sing and talk my mother every day until she was able to use her arms again to be independant.I do Love the maggies

[@servicarrider]

What a wonderful, playful creature. Such an honor to be able to share such a friendship. Or in this case I guess it is more of the familial relationship of an adopted child and parent. Whatever it is it is just great in my book. Thanks for posting.

[@DAZZASARCADEGAMES]

No problem,a pleasure posting this.

[@anttonkantola1989]

Making noises that sound like a small Kitty cat... my gosh.

[@DAZZASARCADEGAMES]

These birds do alot of things i never realised as well. Beautiful birds.

[@Mach1Airspace]

What a cool pet!

[@boscoitalics]

servicarrider they are very pretty!!

[@jacquelinemilowski3444]

I like the little sounds she makes. So cute.

[@lisadavie8811]

She's just so beautiful. Her little personality is amazing . I'm glad she has you guys as she's obviously happy. Thanks for looking after her.x

[@moderatedave9173]

I like how they kind of toss her around like a gunny sack....but she LOVES IT!

[@chinanumberone3861]

She protecc. She attacc, but most importantly... she a good doggo

[@morgue502]

Magpies are self aware, which means it probably actually loves you.

[@jack_corvinus]

The corvid magpies (Eurasian magpie, black-billed magpie), not sure about the Aussie magpies. They're not in the same family so I don't know

[@marilynalvarez9951]

I'm sure the training was hard but what a great job, that Magpie really did a good job training her humans :)

[@Varietyvibe_comedy]

😉

[@joshuaneyman8062]

That's a nice dog you got there.

[@KEVIN-ix3fu]

Joshua Neyman thats not a dog

[@limpet7r63]

They are one of the few animals that can recognise itself in a mirror, and by extension, can probably recognise individuals as well. I'm sitting watching two in my garden now who have sussed out a minor puzzle to get hold of some bacon fat. Took them all of 2 minutes, working together. Ridiculously intelligent birds. The part of their brain responsible for higher executive functions including cognitive ability and problem solving is of a similar size proportionally to that of humans and apes.

[@snowkracker]

Wow. That bird loves the old man. Totally trusts him. He’s got a friend for life. It’s crazy to think that bird could be anywhere, even with other birds but chooses to hang around with a couple of humans.

[@albydigiammarco3373]

That's awesome. I was a truck driver on the gold coast and once save a magpie, which became my friend. I ended up giving it to a backhoe operater friend to look after as I moved to Africa. A year ago I save a crow from some local guys kicking it around. It's been with me ever since. It's name is Jo the crow and is very clever. Good on you mate, for playing with that magpie, amazing to watch.

[@pam5389]

She is adorable 😊. I love how she throws herself on the ground to get your dads attention 😂

[@V0ltron]

I have NEVER seen a Magpie (or any bird for that matter) ask for belly rubs! That's amazing!

[@dimensionexo.]

Indeed.

[@donnapuckett4992]

AWWWWW, she wanted her belly rubbed how adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!! She had complete trust in you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God Bless

[@ezryder9702]

that's not a magpie, that's a cat

[@kirstinpurcell6619]

I have 25 that come visit me in the mornings and afternoons. Some i can pet, some i can feed by hand and one who enjoys landing on my head. My neighbour started a petition against me feeding them... hope they all swoop her ass in the spring! Fly my pretties!! I love them with all my ❤

[@lynnemayotte2231]

I am a 72 year old woman. My father that was born in 1903 told me of a magpie that had as a pet when he was a little boy in Montana. His father slit in some way the magpie's tongue and then it could talk, so I was told. That bird was his best friend and used to go on his shoulder every day for school, they spend his day doing whatever and go back and wait for my dad when he finished school. It was so nice seeing this so that I could remember my dad's story from long ago. Thank you and kissed for Maggie.

[@leannes.9859]

Awe...shes hepling her Dad in the garden! So cute!!

[@squindle.]

Love magpies, they aren’t the monsters that most people think they are. They can be very friendly and cute, and I love how they look.

[@seanyboysa9xsmokesbarras519]

Definitely not monsters they are just very protective parents i cant fault that and most dont even swoop as its a learned behaviour i love them to and just adjust my walking route during spring its not hard to co exist with these beauties.

[@tauren6824]

the coolest wild bird ever .. talk about emotional cause she wants to play and get tummy rubbed ] I had to share to facebook !!!!

[@DAZZASARCADEGAMES]

Thankyou And please keep sharing this. Cheers

[@EphemeralProductions]

are her feathers soft? :)

[@Mohamedmifxal]

Robert Ursini birds in crow family are all playful. a tamed one is literally a devoted slave

[@DAZZASARCADEGAMES]

yes,i guess they are relatively soft.

[@ABlackCountryWoman]

I think I've got to share, too! Amazing!

[@spongbob205]

I've all ways told people if you throw rocks at a magpie they swoop ya but if you throw bacon they'll be ya best mate I get some stupid looks but I know it works

[@squu9800]

these birds are so damn smart.. i wish I could trade my mother-in-law for one

[@tiamia7139]

Maggie is a sweetheart. I fell in love with the magpies when I was vacationing in Copenhagen and Berlin recently. Beautiful, highly intelligent birds.

[@Earnestlie]

A precocious, curious & sweet little creature with notable intelligence!

[@joesmith201212]

I dunno about the bird but this guy has a sick train track in his yard how come nobody talking about that

[@googleislame]

He posted a video of what the completed train tracks and Christmas lights look like. It's pretty amazing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGerg3eEpp6Xp9E

[@jackel5019]

you tamed the beast that terrorises us everyday

[@BlueBird-wb6kb]

If you feed the wild ones even once or twice, they won't attack you since they remember your face

[@sarenace]

I remember having a magpie like this that we nursed back to health before releasing it back to the wild. After release it would return to the house and beg for food, play with the dog and get tummy rubs like this guy, while it's mother would look on in sheer bewilderment. When it was no longer a chick, it came back to the fence, and wouldnt let us go near him, almost as if to say goodbye. 2 years later we saw him again (he had a band on his leg for identification), raising a few chicks of his own near our house.

[@amberdaigneault9705]

I just got into birds, I swear out of like thin air a few months ago, and I really love magpies, in Germany we have these beautiful white and black ones! She must really trust you rolling over like that !

[@jasoncofax1794]

Welcome to the world of birds my friend. The fowls of the air are my favourite of God's creation!

[@Shavenhamster]

Yeah I think the ones we get in England are probably the same species as you get in Germany black and white with some blue feathers. These Australian ones seem a little more taller with shorter tail feathers.

[@rossprivate5456]

the australian magpie is a completely different bird to european ones .they are renowned for swooping and attacking during breeding season .they will selectively attack kids or teenagers who taunt them but if you befriend and occasionally feed them they seldom swoop or even bother you.

[@frightbat208]

This is true. I work at a school that has only been at it's present site for 7 years or so. When I first started working there, the site was only a few years old and the magpies were swooping during the Spring. The following Spring, however, they stopped swooping and become quite used to kids and adults being around all of the time. You could walk past one up to about a metre and they would just look at you. I used to talk to them and throw the odd apple core out (not needed because they had plenty of food from kid fruit / sandwich scraps). Unfortunately, the large family that owned the territory has dwindled a bit but because the neighbour over the back, much to my anger and disgust, has been pot-shotting them with his airgun. I am quietly plotting my revenge on him.....

[@Catherine-wk3gd]

Very true. Ive had magpies on my property for 16 years and they dont swoop on us. If I whistle they come & I give them some leftover fruit or a bit of cheese occasionally. I only do this so they are friendly, I dont want to ruin their native diet.

[@srvntlilly]

I've never heard a magpie. What an adorable, cute little noise she makes! 🤗💕

[@KatherineUribe-1]

She's a sweet girl. She must be a good companion. She cries to have her tummy rubbed...so funny! Never saw a bird do that! 💟🕊

[@huyanhle]

Magpies love "GRUBS" so much. I used to dig grubs in my garden. I held them in my hand. Magpie saw and flew to my hand and ate them from my hand. From there on, every time while I digged the soil, magpie would come like those chicken do

[@lesliefulton9219]

big fan of the humble Magpie. they are very clever at communicating, the males can imitate car and house alarms (I know one that can do the key code of someone's electronic push button code.. to what I have no idea, but he knows). The chap I use in the picture, we were friends ever since he was kicked out of his own mob to go found his own, and he has always bought his babies into to meet me when they are old enough, and get a free feed, water, etc. His mob battles a much larger family for my house to be in his territory, it was some incredible aerobatics, but no one got hurt, no one actually got hit in any swoops. As you kind of understand, everyone is extended family. Every now and again I would see them have meetings between the mobs, usually in early morning, and while people aren't around, as many as 30 of them discussing things. I live somewhere else now, and am presently befriending the local mob with what I know. They recently have kicked a male out of their mob, and he is staying near our place, and coming in for snacks. Takes a while to build up trust. Love how your Old boy has another interest as well I like Model Trains, I see the Garden railway tracks there, have you filmed it running?

[@ShellDogFTW]

In Australia, the thought of taming a Magpie is equivalent to taming a shark

[@Katers1343]

I used to have a magpie friend as a child, then my brother threw a golf ball at it.. I got swooped by the same damn magpie for years after.

[@essy5325]

Katers1343 ? Also wow welcome to Australia

[@therealraymondstantz]

Katers1343 😓

[@daisymay6505]

That’s too bad 😢

[@BlueBird-wb6kb]

Yep If you feed the wild ones even once or twice, they won't attack you since they remember your face, But if you do the opposite like attack them they won't forget and you're dead to them.

[@Mike-ox8sq]

I live in Denmark and in Danish those birds are called "Skade" which directly translated to English literally means "damage". Skader/magpies are very common in Northern Europe. But that was not why I decided to write here. I have a funny story where a magpie/skade actually got told of. I have a larger balcony that are coverved with glas, sliding window doors all around so it can be both 80% open and fully closed and tight. Along the doors outside of the balcony I have a 1/2 meter wide, 1 meter deep earth filled flower bed with small bushes and flowers. It is on the second floor. A few years ago I got an injury that kept me locked to my home pretty much all the time for 6 months. From early spring to fall. So spent a lot of time on the balcony and discovered a pigeon pair early on, getting nest material, initially just from the flower bed but fast they learned I was a good guy they should not be afraid of, so they entered the enclosure and got material from there as well. I began to feed the pigeons with a little mais once in a while as they hatched nearby but out of my sight. When their new babies grew older they also came by. They all became completely trusting of me to the point where they would walk on me my while dozing off. Magpies/skader would also land at the flower bed and take some mais but never came closer although seemingly not afraid of me. Next year the pigeons decided to nest in the flower bed in a corner up against one of my sliding doors. It became a habit for me to give them a handful of mais every day when coming home from work. I followed them laying eggs and watched several times magpies, where one tried to provoke the nesting bird, to leave the nest, so the other could steal an egg, but the magpies clearly had respect for the pigeons because as long as the bird stayed on the nest nothing really happened. They though upped the ante and became bolder and bolder, coming closer and more provocative each day. It was the same pair of magpies and one day, few days after the pigeons had hatched they really went in for the kill and then the father pigeon finally placed himself on the edge of the nest wing to wing with the mother pigeon and one magpie stood in front of the nest and the other came flying in from the side to provoke the others of the nest, happened again and again approaching closer and closer to the father pigeon UNTIL the magpie flew screaming 2-3 cm (a little inch) in for an attack and SUDDENLY the father pigeon did something I never saw before, it WHACKED (!) the magpie in the most violent way with its right wing exactly when it was closest and in the air. The magpie got such a WHACK that it were hurled horizontally 2 meters straight out and tumbled through the air all the way down to the ground. Looked as it was hit hard with a tennis racket, not a pigeon wing. The other magpie flew down to it and it took 15 minutes before it eventually took off, but the WHACK was totally cartoonish with a sky of feathers (from the magpie) when it was hit. The mother pigeon was clearly proud of the father and they both where very pleased with each other for days. I saw the magpies again, but they never came close to the nest while I saw it. The 2 hatched pigeons came to be grown ups and they now visit me regularly and bring their spouses and kids for the season. When I told friends about the pigeons coming in the beginning when I had my injury they all said that my balcony would be full of pigeon shit, but to this day I have never had to remove any pigeon droppings. It was pretty disgusting to remove their nest but a small price to pay for the many fun hours "my" bird family have provided me. I can still laugh out loud recalling that WHACK and the cartoonish cloud of feathers derived from it. Pigeons 1, magpie 0. Although "skader" not same species, I understand from reading here, as magpies they too can adapt other sounds. I also have heard "my" magpies do car alarms and one of my friends had a pair many years ago when Aqua´s "Barbie Girl" swept the globe for years, would whistle that chorus. "I am a Barbie girl, in a Barbie woooorld". Hope you enjoyed my story. Have a good day.

[@timbob1145]

Enjoyed it pal, can picture it pretty clearly, sounds like it was quite amusing. Cheers

[@Gniew2]

That was awesome!

[@NeatChill]

That dog has a really sharp snout...

[@NewtonSparetire]

Birb belly rubs, what the hell...

[@marsmemory]

THE LIL NOISES IM GONNA CRY

[@madasahatter4489]

Love how Maggie rolled onto her back and cried like a baby with an Aussie accent

[@lidijabirsa7768]

🤣🤣🤣

[@shazzabelle123]

I love seeing you too very Aussie blokes being so sweet with this gorgeous creature. Very beautiful to watch.

[@lilahb.8698]

Awe, her tiny squeaks are the cutest!

[@gm6719]

Bless such a kind creature

[@KABrown-jp5eh]

That's a young maggie there. You can tell by the plumage & the black on the beak..except the very tip of it whuch will remain like that.❤❤❤

[@augustvonmackensen7273]

My mum started feeding a young Magpie this year and within a week or 2 it completely trusted me and her. It would turn up most days and sit on our table making noise till it got our attention. It was tiny when we first started and it was one of the biggest magpies in the neighbourhood pretty quickly. It was so friendly, wasn't scared of us at all but it didn't trust the dog (who always chased them). Got to a point we could go right up to him and he would take food out of our hands and let us pat him. Sometimes we would feed him in the morning, then he would come back later that day with a mate or 2 and make noise till we put out food for them, our magpie would just sit there staring at us as if to say "thank you"...…..The other magpies he didn't know he would chase off and pretty much patrolled our yard. We had to move a month ago to the other side of the suburb and I still miss him. I wish we could have brought him with us.

[@Jigpikchu]

thats so sad that you moved ! thanks for sharing your story, very touching :)

[@Hallowed_Ground]

Damn. I'm sorry to hear that, man. At least he has people skills now. Might make some more human friends.

[@elizabethmiller4266]

I have a female magpie, does all the same things exactly as yours. They naturally lay on there backs like that in the wild with there mothers. We are remote WA...Ours is 5 months old. Stirm killed its siblings. Mum wouldn't feed it. So we rescued it. It lives naturally in the bush but comes inside our house hourly to visit...

[@MarcKloos]

I would be afraid it would poop all over the place when inside the house.

[@acepalaeontologist7421]

That's adorable.

[@TSUNAMI-MAMI]

Omg! She was throwing a fit because she wanted love & to play with her dad 😂❤ adorable!!!! What a personality

[@ascoadia282]

Im currently nursing a fledgling magpie back to health after they got attacked by other birds (they punctured her head and its affected her balance and she almost died, we're not out of the woods yet but fingers crossed) and you can tell that she understands I'm trying to help her! Even when something is a bit painful for her she's never attacked me for it and you can tell she knows why I'm "hurting" her and that it needs to be done. She's also very snuggly and loves getting head and belly pets. It's making this all even more rewarding.

[@ianvicedomini2648]

Aw bless. I hope she gets better soon.

[@paxsmile]

Jade Munro Good luck!

[@141Darklink]

How is she doing now?

[@andrewjones-productions]

Obviously a very, very happy bird and very much loved! All is well with the World.

[@kati1017]

What a sweet and silly bird! When she lays on her back she wants you to play with her! 😄

[@dimensionexo.]

☺️.

[@pameladowe2492]

We fed them regularly at our old address - particularly the babies, who were duly introduced to us by their parents each breeding season. We have since moved, but hubby visits the park near our old address and receives a warm welcome from maggies who still remember us. He takes food with him now, as they still expect it!

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

They are amazing at facial recognition One they get to know you they recognize you for life They all have different personalities as well )That finger grabbing is a sign of affection btw )

[@yves9055]

That is an absolutely precious bird.

[@snowy2619]

What a strange dog...

[@jenwashere301]

Absolute beauty at its finest..animals neva cease to amaze us..I wish us humans were the same way & just half the hearts they have😘 You & your dad are both gems

[@slappy8941]

Why do people like you always make comments like that about how animals are so great and people suck? Grow up and stop being such a Disney kid.

[@chris.mc.8627]

It lays down like a good pupper

[@johncourt3451]

Here in Australia, the currawong is of the magpie family and its songs are memorable. I have had a "singing duet" with them and they would eat out of my hand. I am now in an apartment far away, and I do so miss them as does My precious cat Marmalade who was very accommodating and friendly.

[@fairlanewhip79]

Our neighbor had a pet magpie like this and he used to play cricket with us (chase the ball)

[@paullesho]

That bird loves and trusts you. Wow!

[@williamsmith3169]

What a character. Always had a soft spot for magpie's myself.

[@diversityisourstrength5279]

I've never seen a bird lie on its back.

[@marks9949]

You wouldn't think it but birds are super cuddly, super affectionate and at the same time very jealous little animals. If you've ever had a tame bird, you'll learn its personality.. it's super weird to think birds are like dogs.. but they are. Probably more cuddly than dogs tbh.

[@girlonlaptop]

true, one of my chickens likes to be held more than my small dog!

[@goldo1107]

Especially when you have any bird of the parrot or Crow family. They are the smartest birds on the planet.

[@dumpthechump1769]

And they don't usually bite. Most people that are scared, I think, are scared of getting bit.

[@xyvxyethe5584]

thats a really weird cat you have there

[@mythbuster4880]

Love the way she runs back n forth. What a sweetie!!!❤

[@thesource190]

Your dad is an animal whisperer.

[@toxicdemon5426]

The little squacks are too cute

[@leftovercrass5210]

it's reincarnation. this bird was once a Labrador, or some fat dude

[@davidhotchkiss8617]

Insanity Excursion Fpv LMFAO.😝

[@janinesilverlance5103]

Aw, she loves the old man, that's so cute 😃 She's got him wrapped round her little claw! 😄🐥💗🌸

[@PsychicIsaacs]

Australian magpies are indeed corvids. But they are not the same species as European and American magpies. They sing beautifully but eat carcasses. In true magpie fashion they do like shiny things and decorate their nests with bits of glass shiny nuts and bolts and tin foil etc. They are also excellent mimics and can be taught to talk. They will say sentences in context so they are not just parroting words. They really do talk.

[@Baekstrom]

Birds are sensitive, emotional and intelligent creatures. You should always be nice to birds.

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

What a polite bird.

[@animalsarethebest5117]

❤magpies are so clever. I love them. Have a family that we feed and talk to every day. They visit and sing morning, dusk. So sweet. They are getting ready for breeding season june-december, they get extra food and fly away nearby to hoard some of it. They are very clever and huge part of my life. Love animals xx

[@dm.6133]

the bird's sweetness shows that you never mistreated it.

[@DustyTheKitty]

When your puppy refuses to take off its Plague Doctor costume from Halloween. Maggie is bloody adorable!

[@MichaelsExplorations]

ArmouredLemming 😂😂😂😂😂 belly rubs lol I have a tattoo of a plague doctor

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

I'd never seen a bird behave this way before. This is a new one on me. Tummy rubs, what the heck

[@chefgiovanni]

My grandmother rescued a crow that had an injury and named it NEVERMORE, it was in her kitchen for a year or two, it liked to be in a box in the corner, it ate with us and it learned to talk and listen and then it got well then flew away one day.

[@FlasRoose]

You, me, and hundreds of others are wandering the same thing I bet lol

[@Rebotified]

Magpies are smart and crows

[@AuntyBec]

They're such beautiful birds aren't they. We started out feeding 4 Maggie's a few years ago on the Gold Coast, then all of a sudden we had 30+ of them start showing up every day, morning, lunch & dinner time, wanting to be fed. On top of those we also get 6 Kookaburras, 100+ Lorrikeets, 4 Crows, 2 Currawongs, 5 Butcherbirds, 20+ Cockatoo's every single day & 5 Bush Stone Curlews every night. It's like a farm around here, we just didn't buy any of them.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@roymicha1]

It's incredible how friendly these wild birds can get. I want a magpie. I am going to try to befriend a crow. I see him on the tele pole several times a day. He goes around the neighborhood from pole to pole. I think he is the sentry for the group.

[@seanyboysa9xsmokesbarras519]

Its been 3 years m8 how did u go befriending the crow?

[@SuperWeakz]

She could have been a dog in her past life. So cute

[@TheDragonfriday]

I hope it reproduces so next generation after generation will followed this man and yes it’s children will follow this man just like the parents.

[@Itsme-wq7ci]

God bless your parents for taking care of her and hand-rearing or to become the wonderful little Maggie she is today good bless your patents and Maggie

[@VendErre]

Your dad seems cool, lol. Pet magpie and, like, a train set in the backyard? Sounds dope.

[@Just1Bunny]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA I love the sounds she makes! MMMMM so cuteee~!

[@Mister_H.]

She’s loving them belly rubs, the big wimp. Fantastic

[@Faddymaude]

Awe... she is like a little kid trying to play and wanting a leg ride 🥰🤣