5 adult Australian magpies sitting at what remains of the top of a storm-damaged tree. Two are on broken stumps of branches in the bottom right, and three are higher in a leafy bit

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   Cheeseness (cheeseness@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 15:01:08 JST Cheeseness

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   Had a scary moment this afternoon. I was taking photos of the butcherbird chicks being fed when I heard the baby magpie making distressed cries from across the park. I broke into a run, and other adult magpies flew in along the same trajectory as I went. When I got to where the calls were coming from, I couldn't see the little one at first. Then I spotted it, just hanging out on a branch. Nothing visibly wrong. The adults seemed relaxed when they arrived. False alarm I guess!
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