Sunday 9 December 2012

Determined Magpie

Where there's a will there's a way!
If you can't cling on to a vertical surface to get at the peanut butter, use the battering ram technique:



Video processed at half speed.

14 comments:

  1. Looks like its getting a pretty good beak full each time.

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  2. They are not as daft as people imagine.
    I have a Jackdaw that has learn't to lift the fatball feeder off it's hook. Little devil.

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    1. Too true Adrian. It's the Rooks which do the unhooking here.

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    1. Corvids are always good for a bit of entertainment TexWisGirl.

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  4. Certainly inventive.
    Great clip John.

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    1. Nothing like a crafty corvid Keith. A couple have been practicing that for a few days.

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  5. It was certainly very determined John :-)

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    1. When it comes to corvids, Jan, they never give it. Just keep experimenting until they get it right.

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  6. ...he did figure it out! He looks like he is getting a good amount each time too...

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  7. Well John, this did make me chuckle! I’ll have to watch out for this in my garden – we could have a bit of a competition going here. I wonder who will get the GSW feeding from a peanut butter feeder first ;-)

    I’d say your Magpie with an open swinging feeder and target holes is probably winning the first round - but then again he’s a Corvid and has higher brain power than a Thrush.

    Then again, my current peanut butter feeder is more stable being attached to a small pine tree trunk and there are no target holes – just a long vertical grove. This homemade feeder spot was picked after the female GSW was spotted climbing here.

    My first round competition contender bouncing up from a branch below is from the Blackbirds. It is quite a challenge for them that’s for sure! They too are using a battering ram technique. They are so funny to watch – I must try to capture some video one day. Having no contrasting markings like the Magpie, I doubt if video will be successful.

    What fun our garden visitors are to watch :-)

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    1. Goodness Shirl, you had a marathon catch up session this week.
      Now some of the Blackbirds are using the same method. They must have been watching the Magpie.
      Your feeder sounds an interesting design.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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