Happiest Birds in the World! Australian Magpies Playing

[@bug2681]

1:32 i love the way it just rolls over

[@kchez5586]

If I lived in Australia, I would literally get nothing done because I'd be playing with the magpies all day.

[@tassie2348]

I try to get our magpies to play but despite my best efforts they are too timid.

[@ScoochieR]

Just be careful you don't play with the subspecies Killer Magpies. They look and usually behave very similar, but they can turn at any moment.

[@karlamalcolm9249]

I love that you have given them a whole playground...

[@jennymisteqq695]

I love when they roll over on the sides of their bodies with their little legs sticking out. They seen to enjoy doing this. They also like being upside down as shown in another video of the birds playing on laundry hung to dry. As enjoyable as this activity is, other birds find it just as enjoyable to peck at them in their vulnerable positions.

[@johnmackay1566]

There are lots of magpies where I live and I used to put the sprinkler on during hot days and they would come and play. It was hilarious watching them chasing the water stream and pushing each other out of the way . Pity I cant do it any more because of water restrictions but I leave a big container of water for them and they take turns bathing in it and splashing it everywhere I have to fill it several times a day.

[@neilhamill318]

If you buy a rain water storage tank and a small compressor you can still enjoy those fun time's.

[@Brissieskater1]

I genuinely love the sound of the Magpies, particularly on a Sunday morning when I'm preparing Breakfast - you know that you are really home in Australia - we really do live in the best country on planet Earth.

[@ErnestUngureanu]

Pour vous, manifestement, la bouffe est essentielle - vous écrivez "Breakfast" avec une majuscule...

[@josefsstationrc6064]

The pride of Australia

[@eschwarz1003]

They play like young kids engaged with their toys and interactions.

[@pablocastaner1933]

Australian magpies aren't corvids.

[@eschwarz1003]

@@pablocastaner1933oops, yes my bad

[@flaviocalichmansp-brasil6958]

This is one of the most amazing animal behaviors I've ever seen, truly fantastic! They are exactly like small kids, unbelievable!

[@Gabriel667]

I could watch this over and over again!

[@Tigerlilly0902]

How does this not have more views? I'm obsessed

[@katydoe677]

I love the little creche you have built them. They sure are playful!

[@timefortinybirdandfriends6565]

I love their songs!

[@phillipanon7139]

They are so 😊silly and naughty but very lovable.

[@liddonburns8195]

always amazes me how intelligent and wonderful birds are. thank you so so much for this footage! at 0:49 it looks like the magpie on the right has seen the magpie on the left spinning the smaller flower and tried to make the big one spin and they were so curious and adorable and I love them so much :””””))

[@ErnestUngureanu]

La seule chose que je n'ai pas aimée dans votre commentaire, c'est le mot "footage"...

[@mamacitadelosperros533]

That’s it! I’m moving to Australia!

[@JimmyFoxhound]

omgosh this is adorable! And to think they're all wild birds just hanging out and having a fun time 🤣🤣 So cute!!

[@ErnestUngureanu]

WTF means "omgosh" ???

[@Steertanzer]

So cute! I've never seen magpies playing with toys before ❤️

[@gazza116]

that was so good,the juveniles were giving it back .

[@lovensnugs2385]

These guys are the silly panda of the bird world!!

[@neilhamill318]

They are happy with their surroundings to have three eggs hatched around the same time. ❤

[@Emily-Whitfield]

Sweet birds❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelfisher9671]

I’m envious. We have a magpie family in our neighbourhood at the moment with three youngsters. But they don’t play with us like this.

[@jennymisteqq695]

Me too! I like the video of hers of the birds playing on laundry hung up to dry on a clothesline. Some birds enjoy hanging upside on the sheets, but they can’t hang like that for long because other birds find it just as enjoyable to peck at them in their vulnerable positions. You can see it in this video too. The bird playing with the ball wants to roll around with it and the best is when they’re on their sides with their little legs showing. Almost as soon as they’re in that position another bird gets him.

[@uditaahsan4146]

I love magpies

[@donkinzett3961]

They really do love toys

[@chaztech9824]

love magpies

[@ChakaFerry]

Precious moments :-)

[@ErnestUngureanu]

Je vous félicite de tout mon cœur !!!

[@karencurtis6141]

I hope your doing well because this really made my day .x

[@margmurnane4356]

How wonderful, I am so happy to have found your channel. Thank you Magpie Whisperer❤️🙏

[@ianscash6759]

beautiful video

[@harriethare9266]

Lovely

[@stevenchandler3694]

Fantastic great to watch very entertaining you have certainly gained there trust

[@rainerbruderle2169]

Great ! I Love how crow birds troll each other for fun. 🤣

[@reverseuniverse2559]

Funny how the parents don’t like the youngsters having too much fun and teach them for awareness and fight with them to toughen them up for the dangerous wilderness i have maggie families come every spring so intelligent and beautiful birds

[@HeatherNeilsen]

Ernie is there. Where's big bird. They love to play. Lots of happy singing.

[@jukes6741]

I watch this and I can't help but see them as tiny dinosaurs murdering stuff-- er I mean playing around and honestly that makes it so much better for me lol

[@jenniferann6956]

They are beautiful to watch ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@MajinTalon]

That is adorable

[@HeatherNeilsen]

If you lived in Australia you would be very lucky to have them near your property. They can be very shy as well. I had some in my back yard and occasionally gave them some meat, some would take it from my hand. Trouble is they poo all over the garden furniture.

[@Wandafulofit]

They are so hilarious to watch

[@jeffreyoneill4082]

i just love the calls from maggies. so distinct and uniquely australian. more fun than a kookkaburra laugh.

[@android584]

As the biggest baddest birds in town, they are never concerned for their safety.

[@barbarakloise6790]

They love their toys! Love the white beaks very unusual!

[@jenniferann6956]

This is perfect 😍😍😍😍😍😍 beautiful birds having fun with those cute toys 😍😍😍😍

[@SpaceManAus]

Dam that is so cool, magpies playing with toys so funny, they shore are entertaining.

[@lucieni]

The most playful & intelligent ‘idiots’ everrrr... Our British Rooks and Magpies would never match this breed... you’re so lucky to have your own special Magpie x. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6DEdnWYaa6BarM

[@carolpreved6055]

😁😁😁Magpie fun park!!!!

[@cathybenson5119]

They're just like kids fighting over toys. Lol. 😅

[@Robert-n5t9v]

I love this Magpie,I wonder if they have a language? After the video it is easier to make friend with a Magpie then with a crow.

[@SamNParker]

They're like the boxer dogs of birds.

[@mitchmiller2382]

Magpies are the otters of the bird world.

[@harrycurrie9664]

A real maggie adventure park. 😁

[@lorrainericardo8680]

funny to watch them

[@mjjacobsen7529]

Fighting over the toys😆just like kids

[@robertcourtemanche4866]

Hmmmmmm , these birds love you thats for sure , you are there best friend . To be honest i envy you .

[@michscott380]

How cute

[@disafear3674]

All I see are just cats with wings

[@astroman310]

Lol they are ridicolous and clever at same time😜

[@PatrickBaele]

Waw,what a lovely video. Great how you succeed to entertain them. Very creative. More of this !!!!

[@VOTEREPUBLICANS594]

I want a pair

[@ravenpawfan1614]

Hello I have hard a lot about you. I'm a bit jealous, if I'm honest. You get to experience such close relationships with these birds Magpies are one of my favourite Aussie birds. I know they often get bad wrap, especially around breeding season. But they are generally lovely birds. I have a few resident Magpies up at the local Tennis Courts where I work of a Sunday morning. The the other day I saw some behaviour I'm curious about. I am terrible at trying to explain things, but I will give it a try One bird flew at another on the ground, The bird on the ground rolled onto it's back and engaged the second bird. This happened a second time after witch the second bird left the first one alone. The first bird remained on it's back for several minutes. I was wondering, is this submissive behaviour, or is it playing? The resident Magpies are quite friendly. I like to feed them every now and then. They know when I have some meat for them, they seem to be very intelligent birds.

[@tamphex]

Birds have sex by laying on their back and inviting a suitable partner.

[@missyb9438]

I’d say it’s submissive

[@witsch.witsch9378]

They are playing like cats! But they are much more adorable. For me at least💗

[@letsnotargue]

Ernie from sesame street looks like he has had alot of fun too🥳🥳

[@nurembergno2freemasonsdown702]

Shared

[@IdonthaveatwittersoFoff.]

These are the happiest Maggie’s on the block!

[@bazza945]

Little larrickans, mate. 😊

[@mozworthy]

I don't understand... I've never seen maggies act like this. Is it a family group or a general collection? The ease at which they play with each other seems at odds at how territorial they are?

[@alexanderdickson419]

It's mother and dad playing with the kids. The juvenile magpies have mottled coloured feathers.

[@mapleleaves1292]

Cute 😘

[@MelbourneMatty]

00:45 *It’s my fucken ball, mate! Also, what’s this on the rug!?*

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

You're thinking of Collingwood ....

[@Sigridovski]

They know it is toys and that they are supposed to play there.

[@Roman-555]

But, "... don't come near my spinner or I'll rip your feathers out!"

[@allychat8496]

Can you answer a question for me? Magpies get a bad rap for being very territorial and it’s said that the classic beautiful warble they do is a sign of intimidation and to back off. Is this true or is it more innocent than that? I thought it was like how cats purr when they’re happy that magpies warble when they’re happy but I could be wrong?

[@michaelfisher9671]

No way. They have a very different call; a repeated raucous rising note - when they are upset and they are threatening you. I’d be very surprised if this warbling is an attempt to intimidate. They seem to do it when they are still and resting and it isn’t accompanied by any of the sorts of physical behaviours I would associate with intimidation.

[@michaelfisher9671]

Also many birds are territorial. If you are going to give them a bad rap for being territorial, you probably need to give most backyard Australian birds the same bad rap

[@johnpaproth5684]

no they warble all the time it is only during nesting season will the male swoop but if they know you they will not swoop they remember you for life

[@hamstertime6333]

Those two playing are young birds right? There's a bit of a hierarchy at play I think.

[@michaelfisher9671]

A lot

[@DanDownunda8888]

The ones with pure black chests are adults, the speckled chest ones are the juveniles.

[@ohaleceiffel]

I have a billion crows around my house but they wont come to party :(

[@kimhansen8615]

Birds on speed....

[@123TauruZ321]

1:35 Lol they are harassing it, poor bird.

[@chaztech9824]

i imprinted on a young mockingbird by talking to it, i didnt mean to but the bird was not afraid of me at all. it would follow me around the house and land next to me like hey im here ;-; i tried to scare it away and i did but im sure my cat got him, never saw it again. i think of how that bird was to me and it makes me sad ;-;

[@maomaomi5434]

1:32 noooo don't gang up on him like that!

[@michscott380]

They must be related to crows and ravens look alike

[@neilpemberton5523]

Actually, Australian magpies are Artamids. Butcherbirds and currawongs are part of the same family.

[@rami6261]

😃

[@damienward9798]

Love the videos, The bonds formed are just awesome On that note can you please assist with a question please. We have lived in the same house for some time, not far from the coast lots of Birds, Black Cockys over the road, sunbirds, kookaburra's, finch's etc Up till about 8months ago i had my Magpie alarm clock and curious apprentice whenever i was out in the yard, after he or she left for her daily border patrol The butcher birds would visit, sometimes all at the same time. the songs from both are rarely heard now and i noticed the crows in there place. Any connection ? oh occasionally the mongrel cuckoo's are seen and heard

[@michaelfisher9671]

I noticed the same thing. Unfortunately, crows tend to drive out other birds. The more crows we have, the less we see of the magpies and butcher birds. Fortunately it seems to be seasonal. The crows are sometimes here and sometimes they aren’t and when the crows aren’t here, the butcher birds and magpies are back

[@mickgrace2558]

@@michaelfisher9671 Something to think about. Do the crows come around when school holidays are on. No reliable food source at school when kids are on holidays , so they move into surrounding neighbourhoods and drive the competition for food.

[@michaelfisher9671]

@@mickgrace2558 no they’re here now and it’s not school hols.

[@georgeorwellwarnedus6099]

1:52. They are mauling Ernie and Elmo.

[@frankcastle8508]

😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@flatsville1]

Oh, no! Not Elmo & Ernie...

[@Kruppt808]

why can't i live in a land where the wild magpie grows :P

[@gardnersmith3580]

Tag team wrestling match

[@fiocco10]

😂

[@Eva-xb4ui]

Is there any chance you could upload long videos, like 20min or more,? My cats LOVE watching your videos, but its so annoying to have to prepare a long playlist for them!

[@melanieparis8697]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☕️🇦🇺

[@harmoniclivechromatic7698]

they are not playing ,the parents are teaching the young about the pecking order in the family lol

[@maggies5049]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪🤪🤪🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@peteranddorothybowles5428]

Magpies can be dreadful agro birds We had a bunch in the UK They were one at a time running in and out of bush When i looked in the bush They were eating some bird alive It was grosser in reality

[@michaellivesey4354]

Go thru 500g of mince with mine...love them to death...new babies on the way soon

[@Kayenne54]

They may love and enjoy the toys, but there is also a lot of jostling and sneak attacks for dominance and territory going on. Animals don't play without including survival skills.