"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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"ned" wrote in message
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I know its a daft question but, are you sure they are magpies?
They usually pair up in twos. I've never seen a dozen together.

You must be joking, I will often see 10+ together on the field at
the back
of my house.

Although they can lay upto (I think) 8 eggs, I've never seen a family
group of more than 6 around here.
And I've always thought that they were pretty territorial.
:-)) So no, I wasn't joking. :-))

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