As a member of WIRES for 10 or so years I saw this a few times. It generally happens when magpies are separated from their parents and/or own communities for some reason and are either reared or make their own way in the world alone. Generally young magpies are taught to sing by their parents, so when this doesn't happen because they don't instinctively know their own call they will pick up and mimic extremely well all the sounds they hear around them. More often than not it will be comprised of other bird calls intermingled with some other sounds, as is the case with this one. We had one that was the last one of the season to arrive in care (she was separated from her parents by a severe weather event and we did not know where her home was, and her wing was broken so we had no choice but to take her into care) and we had no others to "buddy" her up with, so she got reared with a young currawong we had in care at the same time. We also had a variety of other birds in care, and over time she began to form her own song that was mostly comprised of the other bird calls. Lorikeets, noisy miners, a forest raven, a young butcherbird, a dollarbird, and of course the currawong. We also had our own pet zebra finches. She was able to mimic these other birds so well that if we weren't looking we could not tell if it was her or the original bird. Her currawong call was so convincing that the local currawongs would talk to her in their own language, and when we "soft released" her this small currawong community adopted her for a time, until she developed enough of her own individuality and made her own way in the world. As no other magpies were in the immediate area she took on our little forest at the back as her home range, and ended up living with us for several years. Eventually she went in search of her own kind, met a fella, and took up residence with him on his home range not far from us. She still comes back to visit now and then, and has a family of her own. We always know it's her of course, because her calls are unlike regular magpies and she will come straight up to us and have a great old conversation because we are her surrogate parents. Interestingly her young do not seem to have adopted her mish-mash song, perhaps preferring to learn from their Dad, and they sound like regular magpies. So I would guess that's what happened to the handsome fella in this video - he got separated from his parents when very young and just picked up what he could as he went along. Perhaps he too was a recipient of a wildlife carers handiwork. It's a great outcome, because many young ones that are orphaned don't make it.

@dingokidneys

3 жыл бұрын

I had what I think was a young magpie just outside my back door doing the same amazing combinations of sounds and when he/she noticed me seemed to want to communicate as he looked right at me while vocalising. Your post makes perfect sense to me; that not having learned the songs from mum and dad, they pick up sounds and make their own vocalisations. Amazing birds.

@woopimagpie

3 жыл бұрын

@@dingokidneys If you wish to know whether your little friend is a male or a female, have a look at the white patch on the back of the neck. If it's really bright and evenly white all the way from the back of the head to the shoulders then it's male, whereas a female's white patch will not be so starkly contrasted with the black. It will be white at the back of her head, but will be more grayish coloured down toward the shoulders. Typically the females will be smaller, and more slender in build too, but if there are no others to compare them to this is more difficult. Males and females can sing equally well, and each birds personality will be different too. We rescued, reared, and rehabilitated hundreds in our time with WIRES and no two were the same, they are as different as people. Like you say, they are fascinating and amazing birds. Obviously my username gives me away as a big fan. So much so that I even named my business after them. :-)

@moparrowie2003

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you and the rest of those amazing people that work in wildlife care like yourself and my sister (she works with baby wombats and possums), what you do is truly amazing and very humbling.

@kerrileelawrence2402

3 жыл бұрын

We saved a Rainbow Lorikeet with a Broken Wing, He or She Got Well and Slowly Released Now Comes Back Everyday With His Her New Partner To Sit Outside Kitchen Window and Talk to Us Ask for Fruit n Show Their Doing Fine, They're So Beautiful It's Important to Let Them Be Free to Fly and Live With Their Own Kind Again..

@woopimagpie

3 жыл бұрын

@@kerrileelawrence2402 Rainbow Lorikeets are very hardy little birds. We often started any new members off with them as they are pretty easy to care for and are quite resilient. They are great if you get them young as they will accept humans no problem, but wild adult birds can be extremely problematic - they bite hard! Our local Vet calls them "flying bolt cutters", lol, some thick gloves and the right technique is required to avoid being bitten. We often joked about how we could not understand people's fear of snakes when it was the Lorikeets you should really be afraid of. A snake will only bite as a last resort, but a Lorikeet will absolutely bite you any chance it gets and if it bites you on a finger it will go straight down to the bone. Youch. I only ever got bitten once, but once was enough!

Police siren, dog-barking, seagull, normal magpie warbling - that bird was definitely showing off! LOL

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

Yeahhh those sounds were trippy MUST BEEN HUNGRY OR TAMPERED WITH AUDIO!!!!! Cuz that sounded background n put it off it’s song lil

@thomasjackson7785

3 жыл бұрын

Magpies do like to show off, especially when they come to the point where they trust you. Yes like humans the animals have trust issues, respect them and see their world intwined with yours. It's a privilege to feed them by hand, use caution as they are still wild birds.

@cheryltravis8616

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah 🤣🤣🤣He was 😂😂😂

@RennersPT-C

3 жыл бұрын

No seagull. Theres a black cockatoo and a kookaburra!

@hashbrown777

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, definitely kookie in there, not a gull

This is amazing. A Maggie imitating a Lyre Bird. lol.

@kafiyo7928

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@mama--rua

3 жыл бұрын

And currawong at the start.....car alarm...kooka.... Love em.

@Graeme_Lastname

3 жыл бұрын

A maggie imitating a lyre bird imitating a magpie. Pretty close. ;)

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

It’s hungry

@flamingfrancis

2 жыл бұрын

Elsewhere on YT you can find vision of a Lyrebird giving a brilliant performance that includes a chainsaw, a circular saw and battery drill. Budding Tradie I guess.

What a sweetie! People misjudge these adorably wonderful little souls

@QuietStorm710

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree.

"Damn, I'm trying every language I know, they must understand one of them."

@Jeni10

3 жыл бұрын

Their own calls include that beautiful warble that he does while moving his beak very little, and a couple of others that are louder and more recognisable. Because they have that basic tonal control naturally, they can also mimic other birds, bark like dogs, meow like cats, and mimic car alarms and other manmade tech. Almost anything you can hear in the suburbs, a magpie can copy. I’ll find one that’s only making his normal sounds, so you can distinguish the ones in this video that are imitated. Here you are, only magpie sounds, and lots of them! kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIxr1ZuMnqvTZMY.html

@mods1964

3 жыл бұрын

Feed me feed me, you stupid wingless birdythingies. Dpoet

@dawnhales5334

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jeni10 2. M nnnnnmnmN

@stephenuhe9229

3 жыл бұрын

Singing or busking?!

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah ay... mum said if i sing real good I’ll get food.... not all time in this instance I think so

He’s also mimicking 🚨 sirens too we have a family of 6 out the back of us & every time mumma has new babies she brings them to meet us the words & amazing things these awesome birds 🦅 have learned over the past few years are unbelievable. If they sit out the front of morning to get the morning sun ☀️ they let us know if someone is coming down the driveway I swear they do!!! I didn’t believe it my self at first my neighbor pointed it out to me blessed to have such beautiful birds in Australia 🇦🇺

@oinkooink

9 ай бұрын

Get the mask off. That's ridiculous.

I heard her say " That's my made my day" When anyone has a direct connection to the natural world in some way this always happens. We just need to embrace the wild and return to it and all our days can be filled with joy.

Police siren, car alarm, black cockatoo, sulfur crested cockatoo, honey eater, kookaburra, Pigeon.

@philmunnings271

6 жыл бұрын

You missed red wattle bird

@reverseuniverse2559

5 жыл бұрын

Mitch Donavan Eddie McGuires a TOSSA

@terrydactyl2077

3 жыл бұрын

Is it the American versions of the sirens? It might be from a kids toy? Maybe he was raised by people?

@MegJane

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrydactyl2077 no even far up in the bush they sound like that

@terrydactyl2077

3 жыл бұрын

@@MegJane oh right. I never remember what they sound like exactly

I love Magpies. I have 4 of them who I befriended as chicks 9 years ago constantly coming to visit me each time they see me on the Porch from across the Park. Their songs are amazing.

@truevegas

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky 👍🏻

Spent over 6 months camping in the Aussie outback when I was a lot younger and used to love waking up to the sound of these Magpies..a beautiful warbling tune ,unlike any other bird and unique amongst all the cawing and screeching of the rest of the Aussie dawn chorus. That sound brings it all back...lovely !

I'm amazed because I actually had a magpie doing the same thing - imitating other birds, sirens, dogs, etc. - just outside my back door and I wasn't sure if I was actually hearing what I thought I heard. I sat there watching him perform for maybe ten minutes and was truly mind-blown. I never knew that magpies could do this.

I love magpies. Have lived in their nesting area but never been attacked. Have always talked to them, fed them sometimes and always had a clean fresh bird bath for them. They are sociable, intelligent birds. And they do love to entertain with their amazing sounds.

Birds absolutely love an audience when they sing. You can tell he/she absolutely lapped up your attention!

I heard a police siren, a cockatoo, a Kookaburra, a wren, and other birds. This magpie is super talented.

The Magpie is a most illustrious bird .! ~ this beauty is singing it's heart out 💟

I used to think our local momma magpie and butcher birds were performing for food but after seeing them do everything from call me outside to show off there new babies , top up the bird bath to literally tree and ground hopping so there close whilst not touching a scrap of food I actually think its conversation and company , the more I speak to them or whistle the more they respond, amazing birds and yes the one in this vid said hello twice

@user-nf3hh8kn5r

3 жыл бұрын

aw wish I had interactions with birds like the ones you've had

@antonv5488

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-nf3hh8kn5r попробуй насвистывать сойкам, они отвечают и общаются, не зря их пересмешницами называют)

@28russ

3 жыл бұрын

"Momma" with an "o"? Are you a yank livin in Aus? We don't spell it like that mate lol.

@darrellturner560

3 жыл бұрын

Know exactly what you are talking about. I've had very similar experiences. Maggies are very warm friendly creatures when you befriend them. Also had butcher birds who woild come for a chat. Never wanting anything more than the company. So beautiful, it always touched my heart. I just wanted to confirm you are not crazy hahaha love and enjoy.

@ukiyo_24

2 жыл бұрын

We have a family of magpies and I'd one of us aren't up at our usual time in the morning, they're call get really loud and somewhat aggressive. Then it will here us get up to go feed it and it would sing like a sweet heart. Cheeky buggars!

Magpies are one of Australia's great Songbirds. In the Wild they naturally record the surrounding sounds and then sing them back. Maestro

First time came to Australia I was really shocked to hear this bird for the first time. It has a beautiful chirp. Hearing it in person is much much better.

@skipdow3

5 жыл бұрын

We have magpies out West in the U.S. I don't know if they are as vocal as this one.

@onlytruth4me915

3 жыл бұрын

If you get to New Zealand they have magpies too!!

@MeadowDay

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful sounds of the bush...feeling homesick ❤️

@christopherstein2024

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds very human in my opinion. I was like: "Is there some weirdo whistling in the bushes?"

Even the Magpies in New Mexico can sing like this. But they most often prefer to issue an obnoxious squawk. It is rare when one decides to show off here, but rather mind blowing when it happens. Our Magpies I believe are a different sub-species from the Australian. And, without a doubt, the Australian Magpies are the best performers.

The good ole Maggie can’t beat it. When I go bush I never take the Aussie wildlife and their environment for granted. I soak up every enjoyable minute of it. 💚💛🇦🇺🕊️

Thank you that was beautiful never heard a bird do this..he’s giving you love ❤️

He acts like meeting a stranger , not knowing what language the stranger speaks and using different languages to communicate . Brilliant !

@HUEnshiro_do_Norte

Жыл бұрын

haha... So cute.

This is a real Street Kid Magpie performer. He should be on 'Australia's Got Talent' 🇦🇺

That's amazing. I didn't know they imitated to that extent. Beautiful birds. Thanks for sharing

@markgalbraith9316

4 жыл бұрын

Fyi Magpies can mimic up to 29 different bird calls...

A family of Magpies, was recently in the local park, initially, calling among themselves, until I started speaking to them, them they stayed around, making similar noises, for over 10 minuets, responding to some of my chat - I'm pleased no-one came by that day, as lord only knows, what would have gone thru their minds.

The sirens, crows and kookaburras are just crazy. Crazy talented.

they're no Lyre bird, but magpies certainly are exceptional mimicry artists!

Quite the extensive vocabulary. What a wonderful bird.

Love these birds very intelligent but respect their space.

I live in Whyalla South Australia and recently we hear this every day. It's fantastic to hear.

Growing up in Australia, that reminder of warm spring and watching the gum trees at the edge of our property, all from the Maggies sound. Nostalgia!

They are very clever, I had them as pets when I was a kid..My great grandfather, a vet, trained one to ride a little specially made bike..We have photos somewhere.

The ones at my place do this all the time! All kinds of birds and alarms, industrial equipment etc etc. Butcher birds do the same but even more diverse than magpies. I can tell you've caught this fellow in a very happy mood!

Magpie: "Kylie fell in the storm drain, come and save her!" People: "Wow, listen to him go!"

@valerieobrien5521

3 жыл бұрын

He's so clever ! A full repertoire too !

@brianedwards7142

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@annab13

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

Magpies warbling and singingare always wonderful, but this one is exceptional!

I've never heard my local maggies vocalise like the maggie in the clip but it's wonderful. Maggies are great characters. They always bring a smile to my face

That’s what happens when his parents left him in default random voice mode, they didn’t push the magpie pre-select button. 👍

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

That’s wot I’m saying He’s it’s hungry it’s parents tought him big city life trying to get by stuck in this prison concreat walls... people walk on by... it’s ‘funny’ ),: how hard we try Don’t u wanna know me .be a friend of mine I’ll share some wisdom with u £££££££••••¥¥¥¥¥€€€€€

He thinks he is a Lyrebird, seems very tame.

@28russ

3 жыл бұрын

They can be. The ones that hang around in our local mall area will take food from your hand or sometimes just steal it straight outa ya hand if ya lookin the other way lol

@RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula

3 жыл бұрын

No he doesn't think he's a lyrebird... that is just how Australian Magpies sing.

@juliebrothers6033

3 жыл бұрын

Bird might be someone’s pet bird??

@28russ

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliebrothers6033 It might be. My mates had one years ago that was cool as. Don't remember him being a crazy mimic like this maggie though lol

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

Hungry

That is incredible! Thanks for sharing. You can tell he was so intelligently trying to show you how much he knows

This bird is simply amazing🥰 He must have been to a class with lyrebirds

He's relaying everything he heard.

We have a Butcher Bird who lives nearby who does imitations too - he does magpies, lorikeets, kookaburras, currawongs, parrots, a dog barking, a dog whining, chicken clucking, bits of music it’s heard and more that I can’t remember now. I’ve also heard a crow imitate a pig. I think all those types of birds can do imitations, it’s just most don’t.

Maggie’s are smart love their singing but this one is on a whole different level 😳

This beautiful wee soul will incarnate straight to human next time around 😊 Amazing. This was beautiful. Thank you for sharing ❤

He's so beautiful doing cop sirens and all. It's so cute that he was trying to connect with you guys like I know this I know that. Amazing👍

What a sweetheart !! He thinks those people are special. They get a song. 🎼🎼

Amazing mimics, and their own singing is so beautiful . . . gotta love these beautiful babies

the most beautiful bird songs I heard in australia.

Gotta love the siren, that's awesome. I remember saving a baby magpie from a huge storm one afternoon, so I took him into the house and made him comfortable in a cardboard box and gave him some water and food, I didn't even have to close the Top of the box, he just stayed in the box all night, the next morning I hear tapping on the front door and here was his mum so I bring the baby out to her and it was like she was saying thank you, it was like they became my friends, every day, morning and afternoon they'd come around, they must have trusted me as I could hold them, feed them and even give them a scratch and Pat them, the word must have got around the magpies in the area as I counted 26 of them on my front veranda, they truly are an incredible bird and really intelligent, and this went on for over 2years, it's a shame they get such a bad rap.

Theres a little fellow that cruises around my street making these same noises, its so adorable magpies are so smart

they are one of the best birds on earth!

He is saying - "Cycle past me babies and I will peck your head!" (Lovely clip by the way!)

Amazing, I thought I knew a bit about our native birds but that's blown my mind

This maggie is giving you a Royal Performance. I feel its bonded or bonding with you as I believe they trust and select good people. Not just anyone, but they must recognise or sense your kind animal spirit. As well, the memory needed to play back all those sounds and the accuracy of pitch or note is absolutely astounding. I was swooped once or twice as a young guy but that was so long ago. I have huge respect for all animals but these feathered family have a special place in my heart. ❤❤

Beautiful performance..That Magpie deserves a massive talent fee :-D

He's a street performer begging for tips.

@hayekfriedman9078

3 жыл бұрын

Hope he got a permit!

@erikbudrow1255

3 жыл бұрын

@@hayekfriedman9078 😆 Pretty hefty fines if not! Hope can afford it.

Wow, chills when I heard the Kookaburra sounds and Yellow black cockatoo call.

He's singing for his supper, and no one feeds him...

Beautiful ! I wish our magpie’s in western Canada sounded like yours! Thank you so much for sharing🤗

I love their singing. It relaxes me so much and brings me down to earth in a sec. Great to practice mindfulness.

haha, that's like me practicing my foreign accents! these birds are awesome!!!

Maggies definitely love to communicate with humans. We have several families in our area and they love to "talk" with us. They also make a point of showing off their young each season.

The Michael Winslow of the Magpie world. Awesome

I love Aussie birds!

This is truly one of the most remarkable things I have ever heard. I cannot begin to tell you how much I enjoyed it. Thank you so very much!

Oh good, I’ve got an audience! I’ll show ‘em!

They are definitely one of my favourite birds. If you have ever had one for a pet you’ll know how intelligent they are, every bit as smart as a dog.

Magpies are the best. We have a male mag, mumma mag and a daughter visit everyday❤😊 love them! Maybe they love me because I Barack for the pies, Collingwood😊

Magpies are awesome . I started feeding 2 magpies in back yard , 2 weeks later 6 turned up and started tapping on my back door to feed them . Just a cool bird

@RiffRaffMama.

3 жыл бұрын

My grandmother started feeding one when I was a kid and after almost a year she started turning up with her baby.

That is way too cute 🥰 & that bird has been watching Star Wars Movies & ( The Force Is Strong In This One ) in my Master Yoda voice 😏

It's begging for food. Magpies can actually copy/mimic speech and sounds as good as any parrot. I've had and seen injured ones kept as pets and they can vocalise anything. That pointy beak can be a weapon though ;) But like all birds, they belong free in the wild.

@QuantumMechanic_88

6 жыл бұрын

Xynudu - Correct and best wishes sent your way on the wind .

@surfinmuso37

5 жыл бұрын

Actually this is not begging for food. Got one at my house that does similar-quite often when no one is present or near other birds, so it's not a social thing either. It is for their own entertainment pure and simple. See damien wards comment above-he agrees... from experience.

@daedala1

4 жыл бұрын

I second surfinmuso

I’ve heard that same kind of song without the whistling part in the morning, it’s so nice waking up to it!

Magpie have the most beautiful voices.a pleasure to hear on the full moon

Fabulous bird our magpie.💕💕💕💕💕💕

What a beautiful bird !

To think. ! All Australians every where , awake to the sounds of these most beautiful birds every morning. And maybe, a kookaburra or two. :-)

Just love this little guy! Hope he is still in your life. Thanks for posting, 💙

They talk very well too!

AMAZING.He must have so many sounds in his memory.

I used to live near a fire station and I often heard Maggie's singing like the firetruck siren.

Amazing! I never knew they could make sounds other than a "Magpie Warble" !!! Thanks for posting this very clever bird !!!

@kdegraa

3 жыл бұрын

Some of them are smarter than others. Magpies are individuals.

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

It’s learnt to show off for FOODDDDD

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

@@kdegraa some have been brought up in city some in bush some surviving this age eater as it sadly disreregards nature n her children

@gheffz

3 жыл бұрын

@@SantoshSharma-rq1cl No, they pick up sounds around them and duplicate. The alarm and siren where particularly impressive. The Lyrebird is the best at the world at imitating other sounds.

@SantoshSharma-rq1cl

3 жыл бұрын

👍 ok

Incredible! What a clever, beautiful bird! 😍

Amazing, I love it. It makes different sounds from different Birds and also sound from Police Car! Ha ha haha lol! 🤣😂

I wish there were 1000s of them around the Midwest; would love to see this one and have him around. Very impressed with his repertoire. Rather smart Birds. I feed the Crows nearly every day, but I would gladly trade them for a dozen of these fab Birds!!

Wow. That was super impressive even for a magpie who are already extraordinary singers. So glad you got it on film.

Love magpies. He’s really enjoying his performance.

I used to live in Hamilton Victoria and Maggie's brought their young to visit. There was a loner who had absolutely marvelous songs he spoke, obviously visited many people and copied their greetings. Truly amazing birds. Rosemary Perth Western Australia (70 yrs)

It's singing for you ! Understand you're impressed and shows every single song and sound it can. Wow ! Even ambulance sound ...impressive. Sweet ⚘🥰

magpies are the best at everything, beautiful song , clever mimics

have you heard the term " singing for its supper" ...this is what its doing .

@DanielSMatthews

6 жыл бұрын

They come to our back door and ask for snacks, we give them peanuts. They are amazing birds and have a different level of trust for every person in the house.

@surfinmuso37

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry but this is NOT begging for food.

@ozchick1907

3 жыл бұрын

This has clearly been somebody’s pet this magpie . It’s been encouraged to make these sounds. Nevertheless it’s brilliant!

@rossprivate5456

3 жыл бұрын

@@ozchick1907 wild birds in suburbs do tend to find people who feed them regularly and then train them to keep feeding them by calling, they're smart birds. Pet mags generally don't last long in the wild because they have no family a'd won't be let into one, females occasionally.

He's just lulling you into a false sense of security before he scalps you 😂

@RatelHBadger

3 жыл бұрын

He's got a swoopy bro sitting in a tree just out of shot.

Thank you for sharing this musical wonder.

Fabulous!!! Thank you.

Wow!!! Absolutely fabulous!

They are so smart and cute!

One of the Beetles (Paul or Lennon) has been reincarnated as a magpie!!! He walks to the crosswalk and poses, just like Abbey Road album cover 😂

Truly wonderful and beautiful

Wow, genius maggie.

They are GREAT mimickers of all sounds!

Wonderful! I have a family of 4 that i interact with and sometimes feed. But i must admit, the beautiful tune of the Butcher Bird pair is just captivating. It is a language, im sure of it.