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Originally Posted by marlin1
sorry Marisa I am going to believe the actual guys that farm and not you . My bro in law was a farmer and he told me magpies will pluck the eyes out of a steer . Maybe you need to get out in the country a bit . I don't think you will be around here long. The people on this board actually have some wildlife knowledge
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Here's the thing: Causation does not equal correlation. In other words, it's circumstantial evidence. The farmer may have seen a corvid around a baby cow but was that corvid actually pecking at the eyes? And/or, if that farmer saw a corvid pecking at the eyes of the animal - was it already dead? The third question is: Was that calf sick and dying or was it healthy. If it was healthy, it would survive the eye pecking and that would be some evidence against the bird.
Don't believe everything you hear - find out for yourself - do some research.
With all due respect, maybe I'm not the one who needs to get out in the country more. :-)
M.