shitting Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Currawongs (uglier versions of magpies) nest and try to rear young every year in Figtrees on my street Currawongs are cold blooded. To feed their young at this time of year they kill other birds, by ganking them with their beaks(Usually soldier birds and spotted turtle doves) They wedge the bodies in forked twigs and disembowel them to feed their young fresh meat. (I've been finding neat piles of entrails on the road, always below a freshly mutilated bird corpse). the dove soldier bird Anyway as usual, this year the currawongs made a big nest high in the tree. (There are three of them – the two parents and a young one which is the only one the partners have successfully raised in recent years.) A few weeks ago I found two baby ones, culled from the nest, dead on the road – currawongs often cull their young to give the stronger ones a better chance of survival. things were running smoothly for fopr them untill 2 weeks ago when a pair of rare channel-billed cuckoos arrived as they have been doing seasonally this time of year. They come from far north Queensland and are massive and noisy and significantly more badass then currawongs They eat meat and like the whole cuckoo family they lay their eggs in the rests of other birds to trick them into rearing their young which then outgrow the birds' real chillens and eat them. Anyway they stared beefing with the residents currawongs. For a whole day there was viscous and raucous fighting going down between the currawongs and the cuckoos. The ruckus climaxed in the afternoon and I went outside to watch. To the horror of the parents one of the cuckoos managed to climb into the nest and started stabbing the birds with its beak and pushing them out of the nest. The two young that were left fell out. One fell into lower branches and the other hit the road. It would have got run over so I took in. It was wounded and its squawking could not call its parents so I knew they given up on it in favour of the other baby so I gave it a quick death. Anyway the next day the other bird fell out after trying to get back to the nest. I took it in and it got very tame and eventually could fly a little bit. It's parents soon found it and fed it everyday. At night I would go out for a smoke and it would be there sitting on a chair sleeping. It got tame and would fly to us a bit and let us pick it up when its parents wern't watching to go psycho. They dive bomb you. (occasionally someone with a bloodied face tells you they've just been attacked by a magpie or currawong, for straying too close to a nest) Last night I went out and saw it lying on the ground. It was still breathing so I thought it was just sleeping in a strange way so I went to get a camera. When I got back the bird was spasming sickeningly and trying to get up. I picked it up and tried to get it to perch but it wouldn’t so I put it down and it continued to lie so i knew it was fucked. My fingers had some blood on them so I thought a cat had mauled it. It was obvioulsy not going to make it so I picked it up to comfort it in its hour of need. I felt a sticky patch under its wing, I lifted it's wing up and saw a big hole, black with rot. it was flyblown, and hundreds of maggots were wriggling around in its insides. I dropped it in disgust, it was being eaten alive so I put it out of its misery. I put the bird in a shoebox and took it to the back lane, doused it in metho to cleanse it and lit it up RIP bra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hoblow Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Awesome. The only notice I usually take of magpies and currawongs when they're nesting is where the actual nest is so I know when to start waving a stick around my head. My brother got swooped years ago when he was riding his bike. He ducked to avoid it, fell down a hill, landed on a big mound of rocks and broke his collarbone. Sucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^ . ^ Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 that was sweet of you daily... poor birds :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinmasta Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Shit, ive never really paid too much attention to birds before but that story was pretty interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 where do you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 sydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 i hope you washed the fluids off your hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy.wonka Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 i've been seeing a lot of birds fighting ... i mean a lot.. its crazy.. one will be a lookout while the other is under the car killin another bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlic prawns Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Magpies scare the fuck out of me... When i was young i lived in sydney and i got swooped alot and since i have left over west i have had no swoop's. Everythings meaner in sydney!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 i hope you washed the fluids off your hand Nah, i wiped them in your mum's gash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Nah' date=' i wiped them in your mum's gash[/quote'] zing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 theres a corner of the street near a friends shop where a bird has a nest in a bush. anytime someone walks past, it flys down and smashes into the back of their head. we all like to sit there and point and laugh. it's a good time. that was a sad story, but im learning to deal with the pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Fucking emus, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 See, this is why I like 12 oz... we're laughing and learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Fucking emus, man. emus are really agro. some family friends were driven off an estuarine island that they had canoed by a gang of angry emus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadawhat Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 theres a corner of the street near a friends shop where a bird has a nest in a bush. anytime someone walks past, it flys down and smashes into the back of their head. we all like to sit there and point and laugh. it's a good time. . This happened at my place last year in the walkway between the front and back yard.. you'd have to run through or risk getting pecked on the back of the head... it got old real quick I ran across a killdeer a few weeks ago.. this bird lays eggs on the ground..and if you get too close it acts hurt to lure you (predators) away by flopping around... when this didn't work on us and we were looking at its eggs, the bird ran back over to the nest and was ready to go at our ankles if we didn't retreat... birds have no fear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadawhat Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 And FUCK CROWS>..... I have so many crows in my neighborhood... SO FUCKING LOUD in the morning (5AM)... I sleep with a fan on all the time but sometimes those bastards drown that out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavicon Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 dag, that's pretty intense. by the way, look what i found the other day: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 9, 2006 Author Share Posted May 9, 2006 do you live in atlanta? I seem to recall those birds from my atlanta lore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 You should have saved the baby birds. Maggots don't eat living flesh, they only eat dead flesh. You could have started a bird army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup BDC Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Fucking emus, man. "Hey hon, I'm hearing noises from the basement. I think it's a rat." "OH FUCK RUN" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 9, 2006 Author Share Posted May 9, 2006 You should have saved the baby birds. Maggots don't eat living flesh' date=' they only eat dead flesh. You could have started a bird army.[/quote'] too little too late, maybe next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 emus are really agro. some family friends were driven off an estuarine island that they had canoed to by a gang of angry emus Yo did no one read this ? how many of you have had to flee from a small forested island inhabited by a family of crazy flightless birds ? damn... i woulda definately gone back to settle to score ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 "get those emus off my mother fucking train!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I ONCE PISSED ON MY LEG WHO CARES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10 Dollar Blowjobs Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 that stories fucking crazy, thank god i dont live in sydney i used to shoot crows and pigeons that stalked around my grandmas apartment with my vast collection of airsoft rifles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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