Monday 23 March 2009
Kama Sutra Magpies
I saw the strangest sight on the lawn. I didn't know what to make of it at first, so I blinked and looked again. It appeared to be a magpie with its wings in a kind of pyramid shape, lying face down on the lawn. Then I noticed it had two heads. As I reached for my camera, the shape began to dissolve and the top half of a magpie sandwich flew away, revealing the female lying flat on her back beneath him. The odd shape of the wings had been caused by hers being tucked around his. I have never come across birds using the missionary position for mating before. Are they unique in the bird kingdom?
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I've never seen birds mating in the missionary position either, unless that's just how he happened to run her to earth so to speak. Mind you, I can't say I've spent a great deal of time watching the sexual activities of birds.:-)
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