If I open the Family Room ranch slider, it will hop onto the threshold and INTO the Family Room looking for food. It is perfectly at home in an environment outside of its comfort zone ...
A lesson to be learnt here I reckon .... relating to trust and 'scavenging' ... a step on from the 'use what you have as you have now' ... to moving into different environments outside of my own comfort zone.
The magpie, who we nicknamed 'Dirty Neck' stands on the nearest patio chair outside the house ... it turns its head when it is spoken to. It is becoming almost 'a member of the family' ....