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Q: Why do magpies consume eggs from other birds?
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Do Australian magpies eat baby birds?

Yes. Magpies are birds. All birds lay eggs.


What do bird eat a wild bird?

Birds of prey eat other birds, as do some corvids (crows), for instance Eurasian Magpies eat the eggs and chicks of small songbirds.


What type of worms do magpies eat?

Earth worms. They also eat carrion, baby birds, eggs, bugs, etc.


Is a scrub jay an omnivore?

Cats, snakes and birds of prey. Additionally, raccoons, squirrels and other birds frequently consume scrub-jay eggs and hatchlings.


What do magpies do?

Magpies generally eat small fish, worms, grains, berries and small insects such as ants, mosquitoes and other insects. They are also commonly scavengers, eating dead animal carcasses killed on the road or by other predators like wolves, bears and cougars. Magpies will also eat the eggs and young of song birds, and even young rodents like squirrels, mice, rats, etc. Magpies are related to crows. All the Corvidae are omnivorous.


Do snakes eat magpies?

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How and why do cows birds sneak their eggs into other birds' nests?

Cow birds are very lazy so they sneak there eggs into other nests so the other bird can watch over the baby cow birds. So that is why cow birds hide there eggs in other birds nests


What do magpies eat?

Magpies generally eat small fish, worms, grains, berries and small insects such as ants, mosquitoes and other insects. They are also commonly scavengers, eating dead animal carcasses killed on the road or by other predators like wolves, bears and cougars. Magpies will also eat the eggs and young of song birds, and even young rodents like squirrels, mice, rats, etc. Magpies are related to crows. All the Corvidae are omnivorous.


Which other birds than cuckoos lay eggs in other birds nests?

Nightingale lays eggs in the Crow's Nest.


Which birds lays eggs in other birds nests?

In North America, cowbirds do this. In Europe, it is a type of Cuckoo that does this.


Does a parrot lay eggs?

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Is a Magpie a thief?

Magpies do tend to fly off with shiny objects that aren't being guarded. If that is your definition of a being thief then they are guilty. At least they don't go laying their eggs in other birds' nests expecting them to raise their young like cowbirds do.