This happened to my cat with the exception that he only got within about 6 feet of the magpie he had his eye on. I watched his entire stealthy approach from my basement window which took about a minute and a half (really wanted to run for my phone but knew I'd miss the show it if I did). During his sneaky approach I watched as first one more magpie showed up on the fence and that just snowballed very quickly to around a dozen. Then in unison they all took to the air. Never seen Oreo run that fast to the basement window before. 2 of the magpies chased him to within a foot of the window. I actually instinctively stepped back as I thought they were going to chase him inside. Amazingly smart birds which will drop anything they are doing to come to the defense of one of their own. Side note: Oreo avoids magpies at all cost now LOL.
@@macman975 About protection of NATURAL environment. Cats, dogs etc are artificial species made by humans. Cats are NOT lynxes etc. They are invasive species. They destroy native ecosystem.
@@bartosza.6187 I think you're confusing Native species with endangered species. You do understand that a native species is specific to one country or one area of the world which Magpies are certainly not. You're confused about where a Magpie fits into an eco-system?. You're confused about cats and dogs and their place within nature and the wild.
@@macman975 I am from Europe and here magpies are rathet native. So that's why i mafe such asdumption. Dogs and cats are nowhere native. Just like pigs or cows. I do not know eherr this video was made. Invasive species of predators are a serious threat.
Exactly. The cat did no damage to the bird. Anyone who thinks the cat was actually attacking the bird clearly hasn't seen cats both play and hunt. They look drastically different.
....worthy of consideration, given that the magpie after its escape, didn't put any significant distance between it and the cat, as if the magpie didn't feel/think that it was in any immediate/direct danger.
In Australia sometimes the tables are turned. We have birds called Willy Wagtails and they work in pairs and seem to do it for fun. One, as their name suggests will entice the cat by wagging its tail feathers and as the cat stalks the bird a second bird will swoop the cat, which is hilarious because the cat is so focused and sometimes jumps out of its skin.
When I lived in the northern part of Essex , England I once saw 22 or23 magpies in a group. ( Almost impossible to say if it was 22 or 23 as the moved about so much ) It was quite a sight !
That what happens when you let your timid little house cat out for the afternoon. But in real life and with a tom barn cat, things go much differently. Magpie tartar, magpie sushi, and magpie fresh off the hoof is what for dinner!
My cat chowed down on a juvenile magpie and for the next week they followed him everywhere chattering and ruining his stealth. He started staying in during the day and going out at night, preferring to chance it with the fox than to put up with the magpies
@@stevecarter8810 corvids are very intelligent and they can see difference between faces so no doubt they remembered your cat and ganged up on him. Those probably were parents which are very protective
I think the magpie puss jumped on was a bit under the weather ,a healthy magpie would not get caught like that .Glad his friends were looking out for him.
This was a well-fed house cat who had probably never killed a large bird in its life. There was certainly NO determination whatsoever, more a case of: "Hey! I'm a cat, right? And that's a bird, right? So, my instincts are telling me to kill and eat it. But I've got a full belly, and cat food doesn't put up a fight. Maybe a half-hearted attack just to satisfy those instincts?"
@@DieFlabbergast thats why well fed house cats should not be let outside. Bird population is down 35% in the last 20 years. Cats kill a billion birds a year. Cats suck.
@C B Ya I don't get why ppl add "cats suck" or something in the end. Do they not realize humans are greater threat to the environment if they are acting conscious?
Fok U and fok the guy befor U . This is the nature playing its thing we are a part of it and will do what ever the fok we want to the environment, even if it makes us extinct . By your way of thinking its better if humans go extinct so its a win win
@@CalebBlock in Colorado, USA? I thought this particular species was exclusive of Europe and maybe parts of Asia and North Africa. I know you Americans have crows and ravens though
Those Magpies now know that cat. The birds have a structure to their group and old magpies operate as a sort of scout because they have things they learned in previous years (such as if it is a known cat).
Magpies are known for being socialable birds. When cat failed to hunt a magpie, it called for a friends to scary out the hunter cat. Great video by the way, in my country magpies are common but I like these the birds very much.
That magpie probably died from infection shortly thereafter. Even a smallest scratch or bite from a cat tends to be fatal for birds. There is some pretty nasty bacterial in cat saliva.
