As I Xi It

Sometime during Monday night/Tuesday morning, Margaret the Magpie died. When I saw it yesterday, the flies had already got to it, not sure what that means exactly in terms of establishing a time-line using forensic entomology.

Margaret the Magpie

Cici took down a juvi magpie yesterday, seemingly oblivious to the parent magpies yelling at him, it suffered some scratches, a damaged wing, possibly a broken leg or torn tendon and lost a few feathers. Instead of leaving Cici to dispatch it, I decided to shoo him away and the bird’s now recouperating in shed.

I estimate it’s 4-8 weeks old, had some difficulty feeding it yesterday but today it seems to be eating alright, in fact, it chowed down nearly the entire bowl of water soaked catfood over the last couple of days.

I’m doubtful it’ll make a full recovery and be able to fly, it’s fairly immobile, might have to take it to a wildlife rehab centre, but it seems happy enough in its box.

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It wasn't me.

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Punk

This one didn’t fall out a tree.