“If it’s good enough for the cricketers to have a drink on the ground on a hot day, why can’t I?”

That could well have been the question in the mind of Maggie the Magpie as she grabbed the chance at the Jeffcott oval in Donald on Saturday.

Feathered friends have long made the most of things they find on country sporting grounds.

Particularly is this the case if spectators are inclined to ditch their sandwich crusts or other unwanted items around the boundary.

On this occasion, Maggie has spotted an uncoupled hose, and is making the most of a free drink, courtesy of Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water.