Re: Barbara & a Magpie

Mr. Ed Wrote:
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> One drizzly, cold morning, while camping near
> Rocky Mtn. Nat. Park, our 4-year old was sitting
> patiently at the picnic table waiting for his Mom
> to serve up pancakes she had prepared in a griddle
> over a campfire. He had his hoodie pulled over
> his head to ward off the rain and cold. After
> what probably seemed to him like forever, Mom
> finally plopped a steaming pancake onto his plate.
> A Magpie swooped down from a sheltering pine
> tree, landed on top of the hoodie, reached down
> and snatched the pancake right off of his plate,
> and carried back up into the tree. Talk about a
> wide-eyed little kid... That was my first
> introduction to Magpies, which I later found to be
> amusing, raucous, aggressive while nesting, and
> generally obnoxious buffoons.


I have noticed them to be fairly brave around here.