Magpie having a nap in the sun.

First time I have seen this. He slept for almost 20 minutes.
I broke the video up into two parts.
This is the second section.
Noisy Miner comes along to check out the sleeping Magpie.
Noisy Miner chick being fed by a parent.
Magpie wakes up, has a drink, gathers some food to take back to the chicks in the nest.
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Gibbon · 70-79, M

I swear I heard it snoring.

Strontium · 26-30

Fantastic creatures.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@Strontium I love them. Such characters. 🙂

Jayciedubb · 56-60, M

That's kinda strange behavior, no? It's a dangerous place to be nodding out like that. Maybe it's drunk on pyracantha berries?

Gusman · 61-69, M

@Jayciedubb Apparently not strange behavior.
I have been told Magpies also lay on their back, wings spread in full sun. Good to get rid of parasites by heating up the parasites, forcing them to the surface, thus allowing easier access by the bird's beak.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Seems more like a territory dispute than just napping by just this video. Yet I'm no expert on birds in general.

Yet notice the right wing, slightly fluttering occasionally, when the eyes are closed. Not easily picked up because it's the right wing. Not the fully visible left wing.

I do believe some birds communicate with their feather movements. Yet I have no idea if magpies are one of them.

AI is suggesting tolerance of the " Noisy Miner chick", when I gave it this description. Not exactly a territorial dispute. More a "ok I see you, and you can pass by, yet I'm still watching you".

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