Magpie, winter recycling
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2021
- Finally, we got a few centimeters of snow here in southern Sweden.
I left the birdbox with snow...finally the slot for bottlecaps opened up due to the weather. I thought the birds would wipe of the snow to find the slot, but they did not...
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It does seem surprising that they can interface with the machine (understand that bottlecap goes here, food comes out there), but don't have the ability to wipe the snow away to reveal the bottlecap deposit hole. Surely they're familiar with the concept of things getting buried?
Maybe digging for nutrition is a critical instinct...the concept of paying for food is not...when the slot for bottlecaps is gone, there is no 'instinct to dig'. Maybe the idea of 'below, covered , under, etc' is to abstract for these birds ? .I'm no expert...just speculating.
@@LabbHasse I'm surprised they didn't move off the snow. Here in Australia my parents have seen either criws or magpies out the front of McDonald's opening up the psper bags and methodically pulling everything out to get any fries left in the bottom of the bag, opening the burger box and everything. They said it was like a whole methodical process these birds were going through.
Give them time.
@@OffGridInvestor That's probably still 'digging for nutrition', even though it's very different to in nature. I imagine they possibly smell the food so are motivated to uncover it, including learn how to open boxes and bags that it's in. I don't think they can 'follow their nose' to the bottlecap slot in the same way.
It probably has to do with the fact they don't want to spend their time digging through snow to make a peanut expenser work properly. I imagine when they saw the inconvenience then they just left to do other things.
I wouldn't dig out a vending machine out of the snow if i didn't know if it would work properly or not when i could spend my time somewhere else.
It is very interesting! And I really like magpies
Me too my favourite birds
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my parents dont like them cause my parents say they eat other birds eggs
Have you thought about an idea to train them for coins as well?
"Things that sound illegal but are not"
yeah me too they would start stealing coins if they don't find one
and probably soon they will work to earn some money to pay for the food
amazing!
Podría ver esto todo el día
Wow
These magpies look alot different in Australia
Eurasian magpie, Pica Pica. This is one of the most well known birds in this part of Europe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie
@@LabbHasse ahh thank you
These a corvids, like crows and ravens. Australian magpies are not closely related at all; they're just somewhat similarly black-and-white coloured.
@@kizzamate in swedish the australian magpie is called flute crow
also a eurasian/corvid magpie is kaja in swedish
Is the success of this feeder, dependent upon the species of bird? Are magpies known for their intelligence?
In my town at the transfer station there are large colonies of gulls, that rummage through the rubbish. I wonder if the gulls could be as receptive to your method, like the magpies.
Great work!
I remember a friend and I getting robbed by a duo of gulls in Bristol. We were coming out of the grocery store and she had just opened her sandwich, when I got a flurry of feathers in my face and I heard her yell. Next thing I see is a gull flying away, my friend's sandwich on the ground, and a second gull swooping in to grab the prize.... My poor friend not only lost her lunch, but had a nasty scratch on her hand.
I'm sure gulls are very smart, but I wouldn't give them more hijacking ideas if I were you XD soon enough you couldn't even open a beer in peace.
can you train those birds to pay coin soon ?
Impresionante, si tiene descendencia les enseñará a hacer lo mismo
This guy is literally teaching these birds the concept of post-apocalyptic Capitalism.