Many magpies know and confuse her with anotherthe bird is very difficult. The article about her has written a lot of interesting things. From it it will become clear to you: the magpie is a migratory bird or not. Describes the appearance of magpies living in our area, lifestyle and much more. The topic of the bird living in Europe is a little touched.
Magpie: description of the bird and appearance
Our magpie is called because of her interesting color.white side The tummy and some of its wings are white, and the bird itself is black. Something it is similar to the crow and daw. But she has a beautiful, long and even tail, which is also black.
Depending on how the light falls, the birdshimmers in blue, violet and greenish hues. But after spring molting, they disappear. This is especially reflected in the males. In late spring this overflow is almost imperceptible. But after a while a new plumage appears, and the feathers begin to sparkle, as before.
Сорока обыкновенная имеет размер почти с полметра.Wingspan reaches 90 centimeters. The tail at the magpie stepped and longer than the body. Males are much larger than females, although they do not even differ in color and appearance.
A bird can not be confused with any other.In addition to the beautiful and interesting color, she has a peculiar voice. There are specific sounds in it: "cha-cha-cha". If forty something is alarmed, then these sounds are pronounced very quickly and often. But when everything is calm, you hear a slow chirping. Difficult trills of females and males are heard during the courtship period. They are like singing, sometimes interrupted by cries.
Relationship between female and male
The magpies differ from many other birds in theirrelationships. This is especially noticeable in the period of courtship. Forty ordinary - monogamous nature. Accordingly, the families of these birds form monogamous. But almost a third of these families fall apart. And the cause of the "divorce" becomes the mercantile character of forty. Another very significant reason for the "termination" of relations with them is the living space. In general, everything is like in humans.
Lifestyle forty
Сорока – птица, осторожная, она боится густого forests, so for nesting chooses safe areas. She likes to settle near the houses of people. She also chose small plantations, woods, parks, gardens, dense alleys. Birds desperately protect their tree with a nest from congeners. This is because they have a lot of competition for a good living space. Usually a couple chooses to grow trees with thick crowns. This provides them with protection and security. But if for some reason it was not possible to occupy such a tree, then this is fraught with the collapse of the family. So you have to carefully guard your territory.
Like a person, prestigious apartments getnot much. Whoever did not manage to occupy the thick thickets of trees, huddles some time on the outskirts. Sometimes they nest on solitary trees, which does not provide the security and their offspring.
Если не находится в ближайшее время удачная replacing this housing, then such a "marriage", even the strongest, is doomed to failure. It also happens that in a family that occupies a decent living space, one of the forty spouses dies. Then the losers hastily, without hesitation, occupy a decent apartment. They chase a "widow" or "widower" out of their nest. They are not even embarrassed by the presence of chicks. They just throw out other people's nests, and in their place build new ones.
Magpie - a bird, which builds interesting and challenging nests.The base is made of thick branches, and the outside is covered with clay with the addition of grass. Inside the bottom is lined with thin rods. Of the same components, forty makes a kind of roof over its nest. It mainly serves to conceal from the attack of a predatory beast on housing. Thus, the birds are trying to protect themselves and their families. But this roof does not provide protection from rain and snow. Here such a difficult house makes for themselves forty. What kind of bird can make such intricate nests? Only a few.
In appearance, the magpie's nest resemblesa kind of ball. On the side of the bird makes a hole. It serves as the entrance to the "apartment". One nest on a tree does not cost, next couple builds another one. After the construction of the second dwelling, the magpie settles in the best of them. And the fact that they didn’t like it remains empty for the rest of its life. But another couple is not allowed to settle in it. However, there are quite easy to settle other large birds, such as owls.
Magpie - a bird with a rather vile character.She quietly goes to another partner with a good living space, thereby betraying her soul mate. Scientists have recorded that the offspring of such individuals is considered to be more viable and numerous than that of the forty faithful to each other.
A little bit about European magpie
Кроме обычной, существует так называемая European forty. Externally, it is identical to ours. That's just her habitat is different. European Forty lives throughout Europe - from Greece to Scandinavia. She also took a fancy to North Africa. It is found exclusively in the coastal areas of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. A small population of forty can be found in Kamchatka. But in the northwestern part of the island of Kyushu, the population of these birds is listed in the Red Book. There they are a monument of nature.
Food
There are no special preferences in the diet of forty.They are absolutely omnivorous birds. They feed on both small mammals and insects. A magpie is a bird that is prone to eating alien chicks and eggs. It happens that she steals bones in dogs and cats. Often birds carry around fields and vegetable gardens and thereby spoil the harvest. They also feed on small rodents. Thanks to its powerful beak, the magpie breaks the victim into pieces, holding the carcass itself with one paw. Also, the beak helps her to punch eggs with ease. She will never go hungry thanks to her quick wit and skill.
Sedentary lifestyle
Many have a logical question:magpie - migratory bird or not? Due to the fact that she never leaves herself hungry, she does not need to fly to other lands. She eats everything. And physically the bird is prepared by nature so as to withstand even the bitter cold. She is sedentary. The exception is forty, living in the vast Scandinavia. Only she is looking for more favorable conditions for wintering.
Conclusion
Magpie is a highly intellectual bird.She knows how to express her sadness. A magpie is the only bird that can recognize itself in a mirror. There were such cases that in captivity, she even began to speak in words that were understandable to a person. This bird has an interesting character trait: it attracts everything that glitters. She picks up her find and then hides it well. The bird also attracts attention with its family relationships. The quarrels of two forty resemble human. They have family problems, like us.
