Yes, they are very nice.

Yes, we can finally let our shoulders down on them. Maybe we exaggerate our concern, but things do happen. Now we wait to see the other two closer. Later in fall, the parents will 'kick' them out and they will most probably join a drifter gang, with other chicks and youngsters. The largest number we have counted at once is 32, all sitting on and at the power cable in the garden. This is the 'record', usually they are fewer. We don't know why the adults are so much in the steel tree, but normally it would mean they are rethinking using it again. We hope so. They have all summer to get to know us closer. Leading the chicks to the garden is also a good sign. And next year there will be no scaffolding and work on the wall next to the nest...

Your comment about 'power play' interaction between mags and jackdaws made me laugh 😂. I finally had some fledglings of mags and jackdaws in my garden and they really made me laugh. I think this was the first time they saw each other, and first they looked at each other very curiously 🤔 , than they both decided the other one is 'weird' and they should fight it. The 'fight' consisted of both of them jumping high in the air, without a sound, just trying to out jump each other! Absolutely hilarious 😂

@@picapicalife It's not surprising your worries given your past experiences. 32, a lot of Mags, not sure if we've had that many at once but maybe close at times of Sparrowhawk attacks when they all gather and it seems the trees are full of them and the noise is quite something, like a continuous round of machine guns! Our young ones from last year hung around here right up until March or April this year when the parents had to be really forceful to make them leave, I don’t think they go far as there always seems to be a group of 'drifters' close by. Yesterday I said I thought we had 3 young but later there were definitely 5 , but maybe even 6, it’s so hard to follow them when they're darting about all over the place causing mischief, they love jumping up from below and startling the other birds. It is looking hopeful for next year I would say in the steel tree especially, as you say, with the work there being completed.

@@starb9138 🤣 I can picture it perfectly, they're just so cute and believe me I'm sure there'll be more antics to come!

@@user-uy7qw2nx5o Thank you. We will be back answering properly as soon as we can. At the moment there are so many things going on in our home, renovation...

Thank you. We will probably see them much more as the days go by.

Yes, even though it's not even half finished. The mags started to build this spring, but left it undone. Now they return every day and seem to claim it again. The chicks are let to it too. This morning two of the chicks visited. We think soon all three will visit regularly.

@@picapicalife The magpie's abode is wonderful too, but I meant more your property. My soul feels at peace just looking at that lake view on camera!

@@WitchyBlueMoonlight Thank you. Sorry. Yes, we like it here. Especially after befriending the birds in and around our garden. Actually what you see is the sea. A tiny part of the big, big floor. It's very nice.

The steel tree has always been pretty central in the magpies' territory. The territory is quite stable, some minor changes depending on who own it. The parents show serious interest in the nest again. They now allow the chicks to enter our garden. As long as it's allowed, we think the chicks curiosity will urge them to study the nest and everything around, under and above it. They are really in the 'study fase' now. Everything is exiting and interesting.