Ronnie Knackstedt, who owns Warrnambool’s Siamese Thai restaurant, says the two magpies that visit her shop three times a day are her most regular customers.

For the past five years the birds have been dropping by when the shop opens around midday. They will then return about 3pm and 6pm.

Akkie Yooiam, who is the restaurant’s chef, said he remembers when the birds started regularly visiting and hanging around the front of the shop. So one day he decided to feed them. 

“First time it was hard. They were not used to it and wouldn’t come close to you,” he said. 

“Now I open the door and crouch down and they come in.”

The magpies will now eat out of their hand.

Akkie said the birds must have a nest nearby.

There used to be three birds but one recently stopped coming.

That bird had one leg that was shorter than the other and walked with a limp.