Larvae and Dendrolimus punctatus, etc. , 15% is cereal and plant seeds, and also eats birds, snails, melons and weeds. So magpies are good for human beings. Hard-working farmers, working in the fields in the morning, fell in love with magpies when they saw them jumping and chasing pests in pairs on the fields and grasslands without avoiding humans. Their loud and monotonous songs were also praised as good omen. Is it in the ancient book Xijing Miscellanies?
The phrase "dry magpies crow and pedestrians arrive" must be the source of the legendary magpies' good news. As for crows, like magpies, they belong to passeriformes and are also common birds in plains, agricultural areas, villages and urban forests. During the day, they often flock in groups of 25, foraging in farmland, grass beaches and garbage dumps beside roads. They eat a wide range of food, and some species prefer carrion. They have different proportions of food at different times. For example, the breeding season and insect peak in spring and summer, the staple food crickets, locusts, scarab headlands and Lepidoptera insects are beneficial to crop growth. Sowing in spring, when autumn is ripe, they go to the fields to dig grain seeds and seedlings, as well as the grain left by the ridge road, which is harmful and useless.
Not too big. Others eat animal and plant impurities, which is also conducive to cleaning. But people hear its harsh and monotonous chirping, see its black feathers, and often hover around rotten things or make noise on trees, giving people an unpleasant feeling, so they regard it as an ominous bird. In fact, if it can be repelled in spring sowing, it can be regarded as an insect-eating bird from its annual feeding habits. Therefore, it is a folk superstition that magpies report good news and crows make trouble. Magpies report good news without scientific basis, which is basically a unified understanding. Whether they are happy or not, the possibility of coping with disasters has never been heard.
Not too big. Others eat animal and plant impurities, which is also conducive to cleaning. But people hear its harsh and monotonous chirping, see its black feathers, and often hover around rotten things or make noise on trees, giving people an unpleasant feeling, so they regard it as an ominous bird. In fact, if it can be repelled in spring sowing, it can be regarded as an insect-eating bird from its annual feeding habits. Therefore, it is a folk superstition that magpies report good news and crows make trouble. Magpies report good news without scientific basis, which is basically a unified understanding. Whether they are happy or not, the possibility of coping with disasters has never been heard.