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we live in a beautiful rural part of Devon reknowned for it's songbirds..
It's a new estate and as such has probably upset the wildlife balance to some degree what with the actual buildings and the huge influx of available food..(mostly provided by our next door neighbour with their enormous and elaborate feeding station..)
My problem is a lone resident Magpie that is capitalising on this by hanging around at the end of the gardens.. eating as many eggs and baby birds as it can stomach.. I imagine it's probably picking off all the overweight slow moving adult birds too after they have finished gorging themselves on the plentiful supply of nuts, seeds and leftovers..
It's as fat as a hen and has already seen off most of the migratory birds that have recently arrived.. I worry for our xmas Robin..
can I shoot it with a clear conscience..? I'm prepared to eat it..
kill
distract him with shiny things ... then *blam*!!!
Keen to know what Magpie pie is like so zap it!
It has 'pie' in the name. Surely thats a green light.
Yep, don't fret and shoot away. )
My ironometer is twitching into the yellow zone.
kill it and enjoy the pie
Kill it, but only if you're prepared to kill the local sparrow-hawk too.
Otherwise it's a bit racist init.
Shoot it yes, but don't eat it. They are carrion eaters the same as crows and they are riddled.
You prob would be okay, but I wouldn't touch it.
wait..magpies eat other birds? I didnt know that 😯
Classed as vermin AFAIK - whack it
Not enough meat on them for much of a pie though
Have you tried reasoning with it?
none of your business, what do you expect it to do?
find out where it lives and send a strongly worded letter
or teach it to play the banjo
Just a natural scavenger/predator going about its business. Cats do way more damage to songbird populations. Are you going to start shooting them too?
PS. Never had magpie, but rook's well tasty.
Knock it off with a head shot from an air rifle that's up to the job power wise and accuracy wise. Also, you must be able to place a pellet into a target the size of a 2p coin, at range and with "buck fever" affecting your breathing and heart rate. Practice, practice and practice. Even a magpie deserves a humane exit.
Oh - and don't eat it. Chuck it into the undergrowth for Charlie.
If only I could shoot all the cats in the Garden.
What's wrong with just saluting it?
Kill these, bit harsh IMHO..
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If it's on it's own it's a bit "sorrowful", find it a mate it'll be two for Joy, 3 for a Girlie and 4 for a Boy, 5 for silver, 6 for Gold, 7 for a secret never to be... told.
8 for a wish, nine for a kiss..
and ten is a sight that should never be missed..!!
..wait a second..
find it a mate..
find it a mate..!!!?
will that be on magpiematch.com..?
plentymorecrows...!!?
what dating site is cynic-al always on.. maybe they have a magpie plug-in..?
Shoot it just a little bit and leave it for a pussy cat to finish off.
ten is a sight that should never be missed..!!
Ten for a bird you must not miss, I thought.
Though, I'd have been about five when Magpie was on, so who knows.
Could you make stock out of it?
Could you make stock out of it?
You need some wood for that.
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Mmmm.. Jenny Hanley
.177 to the scone and be prepared for a few others to gather round their dead mate, pick these off too, it can become a bit noisy though.
So if you ate it,
would it be mag-pie or magpie pie?
The biggest cause of declining songbird populations is probably humans (with cats second, in as much as they're separate)... I don't think it'd be right to kill the magpie.
Kill it
Kill everything just to be sure
So if you ate it,
would it be mag-pie or magpie pie?
Pies are squared, surely
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3.14 recurring methinkie..
Looks good non??
The time for talking is over. Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.
And if that doesn't work, blast it with a bazookeroid.
The other day I stopped counting at 50 magpies in the park near me.
Didn't know they were bad guys. They were rare when I were a lad but not as rare as foxes. How times change.
The time for talking is over. Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.
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Leave it alone,.. unless you're the magpie police
What's wrong with just saluting it?
This......