9-year-old Is Best Friends With A Wild Magpie
9-year-old is best friends with a wild magpie, who finds her wherever she goes and asks to play! We spoke to Lucy, who told us how they met and became so close
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00:00I have a wild-thrown magpie named Pie.
00:20Pie was about six weeks old when we first saw her.
00:24She was on the ground, not moving.
00:27She opened her beak and squawked when I went up to her.
00:30She looked hungry, so I fed her mealworms soaked in water.
00:36After that, she then started to visit me at my house.
00:42We let her into our sunroom.
00:46We keep the door open so that she can always get out.
00:49But she really loves the sunroom, and meditates on one leg for up to two hours.
00:56Once you could fly, Pie and I grew so close.
01:00We sang together,
01:05played together,
01:09and even did flower pressing together.
01:12Pie, that is my flower press.
01:16We pick wildflowers from our garden,
01:19and Pie loves to grab them and run away.
01:22She loves to pick up things, especially napkins and flowers.
01:26She tears up the napkins. I think maybe she wants to make a nest.
01:33Pie really likes to hang out with us.
01:35If we're in the garden, or anywhere outside, she finds us.
01:40When we ride our motorbike, she follows us.
01:43And she has followed us for really long distances across our farm.
01:52She loves it, doesn't she?
01:55What do you call him?
01:56Pie-a.
01:57Pie-a.
02:00Her full name is Pie-a.
02:02When I was little, I called magpies, magpies,
02:05because my grandma has a strong Italian accent.
02:08And that's what she called them.
02:10We refer to her as a girl, but she might be a boy.
02:13It takes two years to find out.
02:15She doesn't visit as much now that she's older.
02:18It's nice that she gets to live her own life.
02:22Because, well, she's a wild bird.
02:27She only spends time with me when she wants to.
02:34Hey, Pie.
02:35Hi, Pie.
02:39We have a special connection.
02:48You're a good girl, Pie.