I’ve got another public service announcement for you. This one is pretty straightforward: be on the lookout for incompetently flying juvenile magpies.
You can’t miss them. They look like your run-of-the-mill
adult magpie, except their tails are conspicuously short and they have a bit
less iridescence in appearance. And they don’t fly worth a damn.
Since they are just learning how to fly, they’re still
working out the details of lifting, landing, and braking. Some of them simply
don’t pay attention. In the last few days, while driving to and from town, I’ve nearly collided with two
juvenile magpies lifting from roadside ditches.
One of the birds remained unscathed only because I swerved and braked hard to
avoid striking it.
So, be careful out there. Give yourself a little space as
you approach the next magpie.
—Mitchell Hegman
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