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.
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.
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.
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
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.
To all you "cat-lovers" (thriving category in Athens where this is shot): the cats you are supporting and reproducing in public spaces are attacking thousands of birds per year (not to mention other problems of having hundreds of cats per square km).
@@yakzivz1104 sure- many birds will attack others' fledglings to eat them but cats present a different problem. They attack and kill birds mostly to satisfy their prey drive and many areas (certainly n Greece) have a disproportionate number of stray cats wreaking havoc on birds.
Cat: I got this one no problem. Ah s**t, it got away. Bird: Hey guy's come on a let's show this cat not to mess with us. Cat: There's too many of you, i'm out of here.
Cat : Steady...You`re MINE Magpie : You`re going to regret this, Cat Cat: Oh yeah? You and whose army? Hey come back here! Magpie: You guys heard that? We´ll show him who bosses here! Cat: ok, you win...
