human-bird friendships

human-bird friendships

Minnie Miner saves me from a snake.

As our beautiful queen magpie Vicky is not feeling well right now, I decided to go and visit her. I walked along the road and spotted her in a tree in our side paddock. I called out hello, and took one step off the road towards the fence. Suddenly, I was confronted by one of our noisy miner friends, screaming loudly at me and looking down:

Minnie miner on fence warning me of a snake that I can't see

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Vicky being courted?

We've been worried about Maggie's widow Vicky, and whether she is going to find a new mate, so Saturday morning when she came to say hello, I had a long chat with her. The way this works is, you just talk, expressing all the things on your mind. She can't understand human words, of course, but if you talk long enough, she will follow your body language and get the drift.

So I talked: "We can't understand what is happening Vicky? Are you looking for a new mate? You have to show us, because we humans are really very stupid."

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Good Night Larry!

Last night I knew I would be busy just when it got dark, so I went our ten minutes earlier than normal and called out goodnight to all our birds.

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Communicating With Wild Birds - Part 4

Communicating With Wild Birds - Part 4


by Gitie House 

 

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Communicating With Wild Birds - Part 3

Communicating With Wild Birds - Part 3

by Gitie House



Love for one's family and friends, calling out to them for meals, chatting with one's siblings, scolding the big bullies, joining forces to chase enemies, making merry at the pool, calling out long and loud then frantically seeking in one spot after another until every members of one's family is safe at home - sounds so familiar.  These are the stuff that makes the ordinary events in a bird's day - much the same as humans.

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