Magpies have always been very popular because they are the symbol of “auspiciousness”. Magpies are originally magpies. People call them magpies because they can transmit happy news according to folk legend. Today, let’s have a good understanding of magpies. Specifically, what do magpies eat? Did they grow up eating magpie candy? Hehe.

We can see the figure of Magpies in many places. We can see the figure of Magpies in mountainous areas, or in plains, farmland, cities, parks, and even in wilderness areas, which is enough to show that magpies have strong ability to adapt to the environment. Magpies like to be close to human beings most. Magpies can be seen the longest in places with large population. However, magpies are rarely seen in places with barren population. Therefore, magpie is said to be one of the most popular birds.

We can often see Magpies in groups, playing or foraging. Sometimes you can even see more than a dozen magpies gathered together. Observant people will find that sometimes magpies will play with crows. However, magpies will not travel in groups during breeding, and magpies will move in pairs during breeding. Magpie is a kind of bird with high vigilance. When looking for food, they will arrange a guard specially. Even if two magpies are looking for food, they will watch in turn.

Magpies eat a lot of food. They are foods that change with the seasons. Summer is the time for them to cook meat. In summer, they have a lot of animal food such as insects. In other seasons, they can only eat some seeds or plant fruits. Common magpie food mainly includes grasshoppers, locusts, beetles, pine caterpillars, ants and other insects as well as larvae. They also eat nestlings or bird eggs. It seems that magpies are still rich in food, but their rich food is only one season. In other times, they can only eat seeds and fruits such as trees and shrubs. They also eat some crops, such as sorghum, corn, soybeans, peas and so on.

Magpies are very beneficial to humans. The insects they eat are basically harmful to crops. With the help of magpies, our crops can be protected from pests and we can have a bumper harvest.