Snake

Maggie magpie and Minnie noisy-miner Keep Me Safe From A Snake

Submitted by Gitie on 9 June, 2010 - 00:00

Our birds have rescued us from snakes on many occasions. Magpies, butcherbirds (both the pied and grey species), noisy-miners and others have all played a part at one time or another in keeping us safe. Most of the time we do not have a camera in hand to capture a photographic record of the event. But on a few occasions we have been lucky enough to be able to do so.

Species:

Noisy Miner

Snake

magpies

Stories about:

human-bird friendships

Birds and others

interspecies interactions

friendly birds

magpies

Hiding in the Camelia Bush

The birds were making loud gargling like noises outside the front door! That's always a sign of danger.

Species:

Snake

Carpet python

Stories about:

bird behaviour

interspecies interactions

bird animal interaction

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Making Friends and Influencing Humans

Submitted by Ron on 19 February, 2008 - 20:32

Maggie never forgets to impress and delight all his many friends and acquaintances, human or bird. It's his 'thing', the complete network builder. Yesterday, for example, I left for work in the car, and a few hundred yards up the street, the neighbour's dog (not a bad chap, but he chases cars) - you guessed it, chased the car. As it happened, I then remembered something I had to take with me, and stopped the car to check the boot (that's the trunk, for our American friends) to see if I had remembered it.

Species:

Snake

Stories about:

human-bird friendships

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