Are Magpies Good For The Garden. If you enjoy backyard visits from rosellas rainbow lorikeets and parrots its not a good idea to encourage the local magpies. Magpies also enjoy eating fruit from trees in your garden.
Across most of the Northern Hemisphere and Australia magpies are a nuisance. They have even been observed preying on rabbits animals that are larger than themselves. They make a mess.
This could be just one reason the have a reputation for being a nuisance.
Magpies embrace the suburban dream Magpies thrive in urban environments. The Magpie is a beautiful bird and does what it needs to survive but like you i wouldnt like 5 in a small gardenThey are so profuse here and not well thought of eitherHoweveri feed all the birds and the Magpies tooIn the mainthey pop in take their treat meat and leaveThis keeps them happy most of the year and away from other birdsHoweveri do know how you feel as i too do not wish to see or. They steal food from other birds and animals. Magpies will expend less energy to blackmail their weaker neighbours than to forage for food as nature intended.
