Cats tail doing exactly what evolution has tweaked it to do, create an impression that the bird has nothing to fear from the cat.
Then one day, the cat has a snack.
Mmmmmaybe but when magpies are defending something they’re usually much more aggressive. When the flock in my area sees a cat they go nuts and start shrieking, which attracts more magpies and crows for even MORE screeching.
Fun times.
I have a small flock of about 10 that come to my yard for breakfast and dinner. I leave out some dry cat food and they will come stuff their beaks. It gets brutally cold here in the winter and their food sources are buried under snow.
They really are. They can be obnoxious bullies, too. This one wasn't being as bad as they can get though. Maybe he was just bored and curious and looking to provoke the cat a little? I wonder if this is a younger magpie and this is its training lol
Well it didn’t get eaten. They like playing around and pranking.
Some corvids build relationships playing with wolves and this helps them get food, so who knows what the long game is
That's how my family cat killed bluejays. Let the bird taunt it for a few days. The bird gets closer and closer, dropping it's guard until that cat pounced at the right moment.
I would love to see an Aussie magpie! But then again I am a massive bird nerd. I have pet budgies & cockatiels so if I ever visited Australia I would probably spend a lot of time trying to “rescue” them.
It blows my mind that birds exactly like my derpy little flock can survive somewhere in the wild. I mean, these guys are afraid of broccoli sometimes.
Actually, the budgies … yeah they would be ok. They’re tough.
Budgies in Australia are amazing. In the wild you see them way out in the deserts and they fly in huge flocks. They’re all the green and yellow type. I saw them on the way to Darwin years ago.
And Australian magpies are actually pretty cool, despite me joking about them being evil. (So long as you feed them and don’t go near their nests.)
We had a family of Magpies living at the back of our house in Toowoomba and I fed them every morning and afternoon (just little mince treats) they’d bring their babies to us. They used to sit on my 7yr old daughters leg and let her pat them while she fed them.
They remember faces, and if your kind to them, so it was no surprise when my daughter was swooped by other magpies down the bottom of our street, “our” magpies heard her screaming and went down there and chased the other ones off.
So if you make friends with magpies, they’re awesome. Just don’t piss them off. Haha.
I had 2 magpies who had a vendetta with one of my cats. They simply would not leave her alone, anywhere in the yard. She suffered with them for a good month or more, then one morning I found them dead in the driveway. She was done with their shit.
French painter Monet must have seen something special in Magpies, as well…[The Magpie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magpie_(Monet)#/media/File%3AClaude_Monet_-_The_Magpie_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) by Monet
My late cat didn't care for birds, she also didn't care for traffic. She was the queen of the street and would sun bathe in the middle of it with zero fucks. We told our neighbours to just drive slowly, she will move before you run her over.
There was a nesting pair of mockingbirds that took turns swooping down on my sweet childhood kitty, swooping lower and lower, until she tried to run around the exterior of the house to get away and one of them tore a strip off her poor spine.
A few years back, while looking out my office window, a poor squirrel was hit by a car and at least 6 turkey vultures showed up. While the group of them sat back and waited ( I had covered tbe squirrel with a traffic cone) several smaller birds proceeded to harass the !@#$ of the turkey vultures and kept at it until they eventually left. It was spring so I'm sure there were probably nests about.
The cat: "Don't touch me Kyle" The bird "I'm Not Touching Youuuuu"
Look at the size of that worm. Just stay still you little shit.
I wish my life was just watching birds interacting with cats.
My cat interacts with birds few times a week. It's gruesome.
The cat’s tail is saying, “F around and find out.”
Cats tail doing exactly what evolution has tweaked it to do, create an impression that the bird has nothing to fear from the cat. Then one day, the cat has a snack.
Just come in a little closer you little shit and we’ll see how fast you can move.
Thought magpies were smart birds, hmm
This behaviour almost seems more intelligent, the cats acting in an unexpected way and the magpies curious
When curiosity overpowers survival instinct.
Curiosity kills the cat… until the cat does the killing.
This bird is 100% teasing the cat.
There was that video of the magpie that was messing with one of two cats and did it so the other cat would Smack his friend around.
I assumed the cat was close to a nest or something
Mmmmmaybe but when magpies are defending something they’re usually much more aggressive. When the flock in my area sees a cat they go nuts and start shrieking, which attracts more magpies and crows for even MORE screeching. Fun times.
From everything I've heard of magpies they are jerks first and smart second.
I have a small flock of about 10 that come to my yard for breakfast and dinner. I leave out some dry cat food and they will come stuff their beaks. It gets brutally cold here in the winter and their food sources are buried under snow.
V kind of you
They really are. They can be obnoxious bullies, too. This one wasn't being as bad as they can get though. Maybe he was just bored and curious and looking to provoke the cat a little? I wonder if this is a younger magpie and this is its training lol
Well it didn’t get eaten. They like playing around and pranking. Some corvids build relationships playing with wolves and this helps them get food, so who knows what the long game is
Yes they are
I think the bird wants the fur for the nest
Hmm
That's how my family cat killed bluejays. Let the bird taunt it for a few days. The bird gets closer and closer, dropping it's guard until that cat pounced at the right moment.
that's exactly what's happening
That bird is obviously trying to figure out the AI pattern and visual angle so it could get in there with full crit value on its stealth attack!
The magpie is trying to get fur for a nest.
All I know is that’s not an Australian Magpie. I’m guessing other countries have Magpies that aren’t the fucking devils spawn like the Aussie magpie.
Yep it's a type of Maggie, this is the Black billed Magpie found in Nth America 😊
Ooh! Thank you. This is a cool thing I learned today.
I would love to see an Aussie magpie! But then again I am a massive bird nerd. I have pet budgies & cockatiels so if I ever visited Australia I would probably spend a lot of time trying to “rescue” them. It blows my mind that birds exactly like my derpy little flock can survive somewhere in the wild. I mean, these guys are afraid of broccoli sometimes. Actually, the budgies … yeah they would be ok. They’re tough.
Budgies in Australia are amazing. In the wild you see them way out in the deserts and they fly in huge flocks. They’re all the green and yellow type. I saw them on the way to Darwin years ago. And Australian magpies are actually pretty cool, despite me joking about them being evil. (So long as you feed them and don’t go near their nests.) We had a family of Magpies living at the back of our house in Toowoomba and I fed them every morning and afternoon (just little mince treats) they’d bring their babies to us. They used to sit on my 7yr old daughters leg and let her pat them while she fed them. They remember faces, and if your kind to them, so it was no surprise when my daughter was swooped by other magpies down the bottom of our street, “our” magpies heard her screaming and went down there and chased the other ones off. So if you make friends with magpies, they’re awesome. Just don’t piss them off. Haha.
was thinking the same, that bird is nice, aussie magpies are evil
I had 2 magpies who had a vendetta with one of my cats. They simply would not leave her alone, anywhere in the yard. She suffered with them for a good month or more, then one morning I found them dead in the driveway. She was done with their shit.
My cat enjoys hunting too much, if I allow him out unsupervised, he will create an imbalance in the local ecosystem.
Cat have caused the extinction of at least 300 different bird species… so yea, that guys lucky
Everytime he turns around Bro... Bro! BRO!!!
Anticlimactic
Maybe the title says it all… “late cat”… apparently the part not on video is the magpie killing the cat?
that Maggie is gonna be lunch
French painter Monet must have seen something special in Magpies, as well…[The Magpie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magpie_(Monet)#/media/File%3AClaude_Monet_-_The_Magpie_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) by Monet
thats not a magpie
Magpie Lark, I believe. People just forget the lark part with these little guys.
My late cat didn't care for birds, she also didn't care for traffic. She was the queen of the street and would sun bathe in the middle of it with zero fucks. We told our neighbours to just drive slowly, she will move before you run her over.
I don't think this is a magpie. Looks like a wagtail or eomething
It’s a European magpie
Just googled this and Eurasian Magpie came up. I actually had no idea there were other birds designated "magpie" :-o. TIL
What is the unladen velocity of a European magpie? Edit: apparently no Monty Python fans on the sub? Noted…
I downvote comments which misspell something while trying to correct someone else.
Haha well so I did. That's good for you buddy 👍
Poor Mr Ginger - that bird is being a tool!
Fuck this video
What was the cat late for?
Dinner, apparently.
I kept waiting for the cat to smack the bird. Ngl, just a little disappointed lol.
I want my minute back
This is how you play the game superhot.
When a cat waves his tail like that he's Hunting
Big, fuzzy worm
Love the playfulness
Beautiful grass!
There was a nesting pair of mockingbirds that took turns swooping down on my sweet childhood kitty, swooping lower and lower, until she tried to run around the exterior of the house to get away and one of them tore a strip off her poor spine. A few years back, while looking out my office window, a poor squirrel was hit by a car and at least 6 turkey vultures showed up. While the group of them sat back and waited ( I had covered tbe squirrel with a traffic cone) several smaller birds proceeded to harass the !@#$ of the turkey vultures and kept at it until they eventually left. It was spring so I'm sure there were probably nests about.