cockney red
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Ravens are more inteligent than some of the people who posted in this thread.
This is all very interesting reading Baz, as my kids have just brought home a young Magpie from the park
My first question was, where did it comes from (nest location), were the parents present, can it fly?? blah blah blah No to all questions. So damn it!! Here it is at home. Seems to be feeding and happy and we are trying to keep it warm and quiet. Will post a pic later also.
My success rate with birds is appalling, but I can't just leave it! It'll either be eaten by a cat or die with all the rain about. Doomed either way I reckon - so here I go again, hopefully I can have a win this time.
Yes they do clean up the afterbirth and they also do kill the sick lambs...but they also kill plenty of healthy, strong lambs too. A sheep has no way of defending its newborn lamb against crows when there is usually a few of them attacking the lambs eyes and bum...they incapacitate the lamb them go in for the kill...Not nice to see or hear, and can be devastating to farmers.
They are absolute vermin, they also attack young native marsupials as well as reptiles. Not nice animals but very smart.
I said they are vermin but I did not say to kill them or to hurt them did I. Also Hix did you read my post properly....they also eat native reptiles ect....
Hix, you are right about anti raven posts. I equate it to the 'a good snake is dead snake" mentality
espoused by people who are scared of them or just plain to lazy to properly research an animal before condemning them.
I did read your post, and ignored that statement as pointless. Native reptiles eat native reptiles too, as do a variety of other native birds and mammals, which Jason pointed out.Isis said:Also Hix did you read my post properly....they also eat native reptiles ect....
SLACkra said:If it was able to move around and the parents were nearby probably would have been best to leave it.
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