MEET OREO!!! *adorableness alert!!!*

On Thursday, my mum and I were about to head to Stirling to pick something up from Red Cacao and drop some books off to the library, when we got a call from Fauna Rescue- a baby magpie- the fluffiest, fattest baby magpie I’d ever seen!!!

Oreo, (nicknamed Mr. Chubb-Chubb immediately), had no injuries at all- just another baby bird who tried to fledge too early and lost his mum. Also another bird that may have been picked up by mistake- people often see a baby bird lying on the ground (supposedly missing its mum) and pick it up, cooing “oh you poor little thing”, or “oh you little wuggawoogacutieshubbawugga!!!” when really it’s likely the adult magpie is watching its young from afar or off to get a worm. Or maybe Oreo really was alone- no way to tell now.

Now that we don’t know exactly where Oreo was found, we won’t be able to attempt to reunite him with his mum 😦 .

Luckily, Oreo was more then willing to eat when he reached us, but he still needed the standard baby magpie feeding as he wouldn’t eat or drink on his own yet. I love feeding baby magpies because they are SO CUTEEEEEEEE!!!

Oreo just moved into the aviary today- we used the little cage while the weather was terrible, and he was really desperate to move out. When he first got in, and sometimes even now, he tasted everything he could find. The aviary wall, gumnuts, my arm, my hair, leaves…

He is very tame, and if you put your arm in front of him he will usually use it as a branch. I think he’s actually starting to learn to fly, which is great progress, but we’re gonna have to keep him for quite a while and release him when he’s older on our property- we may have to wait for breeding season to be over!!!

Ok, thanks for listening!! That’s it for today, have fun cos its HOLIDAYS!!! Pls like and subscribe for more blog posts!!!

QueenBirdNerd, out!!!