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this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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Magpie/dero rambles
Yet another person going out of their way to go right up to the water dish and gawkā¦ perhaps if I wrote āwildlife waterā on the side? Or if I got a proper birdbath and put it more inside the property boundary. (Not sure whether I would have to remove it once I left though. And it would be a target for vandalism.)A bit worried about potential problems though. Thankfully he didnāt knock it over but when he went up to it a magpie kind of flew up to him and hopped after him as he walked off. The other day someone else might have got swooped as he was loudly complaining about the birds being annoying and saying āX says some pr-ck in this area is f-cking feeding themā.
Now the birds were already here and would be regardless of whether I was kind to them. They live in that tree. If you got swooped itās because you went close to their territory in breeding season!
Plus there are a lot of sketchy randos cutting through the block and a lot of them act seriously alcohol affected/aggressive/unpredictable so I donāt really care about them getting swooped. (That might be why it might have happened.) I actually wouldnāt mind if these disruptive people were deterred from my place.
Iām more just worried about stupid people having normal predictable magpie issues and me being blamed for it, or about being harassed to stop giving them water.
People here are genuinely the type to do that. To come trying to intimidate you for petty reasons and start dictating what you do on your own property.
Iād honestly rather deal with an aggressive bird because they respond to reasonable accommodations.
Are they going into your property or is it a common area? Any option to put the birdbath where the public canāt access it?
Not sure public or private property. Iām trying not to give doxable descriptions but it is within easy reach of drop kicks and I might have to move it to a less ideal spot