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Eurasian Magpie

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Mark Billiau.

Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

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Eurasian Magpie

The magpie is a much maligned bird, often disliked because of its feeding habits and aggressive behaviour toward favoured songbirds.

Magpies are known to take bird eggs and chicks now and then.
Yet they are often beneficial birds too, perching on livestock and ridding them of ticks and feeding mainly on pest insects, invertebrates or vegetable matter.

In stories and fairy tales, the owl is always the symbol par excellence of wisdom and intelligence but biologists believe that the magpie is among the most intelligent of birds and even among the most intelligent of all animals !

Various behaviours have been observed that indicate intelligence (to name a few : elaborate social rituals, the expression of grief, tool use, the ability to use one's own experience in predicting the behavior of conspecifics, mirror self-recognition as the only non-mammal known to possess this capability, and so on…..)
Their total brain to body ratio is equal to that of most great apes and cetaceans.

So, generally not popular, but all in all a very remarkable bird !

Dutch name : Ekster
German name : Elster
Latin name : Pica pica

Comentarios 40

Dario Zeller 06/03/2024 20:41
Die macht sich gut in den herbstlichen Blättern.
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freespirit4 09/12/2018 17:47
A wonderful picture of the beautiful magpie. The yellow leaves of the Ginkgo tree give it a nice frame. Great ... LG Konni
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NaturPur22 08/12/2018 23:18
Die gelben Blätter und dazwischen der schöne Vogel ,wunderschön sieht das aus ! LG Angelika
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alfons klatt 03/12/2018 7:21
hi

toll in diesen herbstfarben.
nur
schade, mit dem abgesensten schwanzfedern.

vg alfons+
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Josef Kainz 02/12/2018 21:52
Ein tolles Bild
vg josef
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Jörg Uhlemann 02/12/2018 16:06
Brillant Mark.**

VG Jörg
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rolvin 02/12/2018 1:26
Beautifully bright colors and very good of the details!
Roland
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troedeljahn 01/12/2018 17:54
Perfekt getroffen,. Eine super Aufnahme mit schönen Farben und einem tollen Licht.
Viele Grüße
Wolfgang
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Günter Seng 01/12/2018 17:49
Top photo in best Quality and sharpness, nice Colors
VG Günter
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hans-jakob 01/12/2018 16:01
Wow eine wunderschöne Aufnahme ist das!!!!
LG hans-jakob
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Günther Metzinger 01/12/2018 11:09
Das Gold des Gingko rahmt die scheue Elster wunderschön ein.
VG Günther M
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Adele D. Oliver 30/11/2018 21:32
very fine with this closeness and eye contact ... her colours really
standing out against the yellow ginkgo leaves !!!
wish you a fine weekend,
Adele
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Sigrun Pfeifer 30/11/2018 20:45
Klasse. Die Elster sitzt an einem wunderschönen Ort. Herrlich sind die Farben der Blätter. LG Sigrun
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emen49 30/11/2018 19:19
Die Elster macht sich gut zwischen den gelben Blättern... wunderbares Licht !
Wünsche Dir ein wunderbares Adventswochenende
Viele Grüße
Marianne
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de ceulaer 30/11/2018 18:07
a real wonder with those golden leaves
proficiat
br
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