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Discussion Thread 🌸 Wednesday 6 August 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m going to sleep and I can hear magpie warbling in the distance. That’s so strange at this hour.

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The running theory, from what I understand, is that with how loud the daytime is, birds have taken to communicating when it's quieter, i.e nighttime

It's 3.07am and I can hear two magpies warbling to each other.

[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

It's also sexy season for magpies I think. Last year I had a juvenile near me all summer who would practice singing all day and night. I still can recognise his little personal song.