Which birds are the ones that sound like car alarms? The Maggie’s that live in the trees around my house are actually really friendly. We used to have people here who’d feed them a lot, so they seem to have just marked us as friendly. I don’t feed them, generally, but I did throw them a small amount of unsweetened muesli at the start of last spring to try and bribe them into not swooping me since they built their little hole right above the letterbox.
They liked that and have me remembered as a friendly. While they’re in the yard catching brekky, they’re generally relaxed if I’m outside gardening or whatever and don’t pay much attention to me
And magpies are crazy smart. I will say “hello Maggie” to the ones in my street when I see them. At my last place I got to the point they would warble back. As long as they see you as a friend they won’t swoop.
Which birds are the ones that sound like car alarms? The Maggie’s that live in the trees around my house are actually really friendly. We used to have people here who’d feed them a lot, so they seem to have just marked us as friendly. I don’t feed them, generally, but I did throw them a small amount of unsweetened muesli at the start of last spring to try and bribe them into not swooping me since they built their little hole right above the letterbox.
They liked that and have me remembered as a friendly. While they’re in the yard catching brekky, they’re generally relaxed if I’m outside gardening or whatever and don’t pay much attention to me
cuckoo shrikes
Yep ^^ this
And magpies are crazy smart. I will say “hello Maggie” to the ones in my street when I see them. At my last place I got to the point they would warble back. As long as they see you as a friend they won’t swoop.