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Posted: 13 Sep 2024

Taken: 19 Aug 2024

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A Happy Fence Friday to all of you. Let's hope the day and the weekend are calm and restful.

These birds are Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), the sweetest singers in the known universe. At this time of year (Djilba and Kambarang), however, they do not always have the sweetest temper. If they feel their nests and young are threatened they "swoop" and can harass walkers and cyclists, especially those not wearing hats! Never happened to me, thank goodness.

The fences, not the most attractive I confess, surround one of the Mandurah primary schools.

UPDATE: Coincidentally, an article appeared in The Guardian today (15th September) which may interest some of you. Swooping Season

malona, Frans Schols, Trudy Tuinstra, Ernest CH and 14 other people have particularly liked this photo

16 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Fabulous monochrome! HFF!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
15 months ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
HFF. The swooping appears to be mainly aimed at people who are not in their nesting area all the year. Some years ago I used to regularly exercise walk round a sports field where there were magpies and they never bothered me. However people arriving to play or practice soccer would be swooped.
15 months ago.
 LotharW
LotharW club
Danke für den Text. Ich kann mir das gut vorstellen. HFF, Old Owl. . Ich wünsche Dir ein schönes und sonniges Wochenende! Bleib gesund.
15 months ago. Edited 15 months ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
interesting find

HFF
15 months ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Nice capture and a variation on our Magpies Old Owl,
HFF and a lovely weekend
15 months ago.
Old Owl club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Your magpies are not related to our magpies, Roger: yours are corvids, ours aren't. The only reason they have the same name (in English) is because they are black and white. I guess those first colonists/prisoners from England saw a black and white bird and matched it to the one they knew from back home. Ours are far nicer and, as I said above, are wonderful singers.
15 months ago. Edited 15 months ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
They are sociable and not afraid of children...
Thanx for the very interesting information, too
15 months ago. Edited 15 months ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Thank you for posting to "Perching Birds" Group
15 months ago.
 Tanja - Loughcrew
Tanja - Loughcrew club
Ich war jetzt neugierig.... :)
youtu.be/oYEYc8Ge3nw?si=gEIB1QkilREOHTUy
Nun ja...ungewöhnlicher Gesang aber hauptsache, sie bleiben friedlich!
hFF Dir :)
15 months ago.
Old Owl club has replied to Tanja - Loughcrew club
Thank you for the recording, Tanja. That song of the magpie is the sound of Australia.
15 months ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
Oude UIL --een interessante Vogelkooi HFF
15 months ago.
 Christa1004
Christa1004 club
In France, magpies are always called thieves, they are supposed to steal all what glitters... HFF Old Owl.
15 months ago.
 Xata
Xata club
BW suits them, HFF to you.
15 months ago.
 Bergfex
Bergfex club
HFF nachträglich, und ein schönes weitere Wochenende!
15 months ago.
 Old Owl
Old Owl club
Coincidentally, an article appeared in The Guardian today (15th September) which may interest some of you. Swooping Season
15 months ago. Edited 15 months ago.
 Trudy Tuinstra
Trudy Tuinstra club
very good
15 months ago.

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