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Magpies prefer to swoop at the back of the head; therefore, keeping the magpie in sight at all times can discourage the bird. A basic disguise such as sunglasses worn on the back of the head may fool the magpie as to where a person is looking.
The black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia), also known as the American magpie, is a bird in the corvid family found in the western half of North America.It is black and white, with the wings and tail showing black areas and iridescent hints of blue and blue-green.
Pied currawongs are generally tree-dwelling, hunting and foraging some metres above the ground, and thus able to share territory with the ground-foraging Australian magpie. Birds roost in forested areas or large trees at night, disperse to forage in the early morning and return in the late afternoon. [50]
A police officer in Queensland was given a harsh reminder that spring, and magpie swooping season, was just around the bend.“While travelling through Childers, on August 18, the officer was the ...
Magpies harass or attack swamp harriers (pictured) far more than they do to any other bird species in New Zealand. [5]The birds can be agonistic.During the breeding season, while nestlings are defenceless for the first 2–3 weeks, the fathers will be very protective and swoop anything they perceive as a threat to their young.
Female in Melbourne. The female has a white throat and the male has a black throat. The magpie-lark is a small to medium size bird, reaching 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 11.8 in) long when fully grown, or about the same size as a European common blackbird, and boldly pied in black and white; the weight range is 63.9 to 118 g (2.25 to 4.16 oz) for males, and 70 to 94.5 g (2.47 to 3.33 oz) for females. [15]
Magpies are birds of various species of the family Corvidae.Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's most intelligent creatures, [1] [2] and is one of the few nonmammalian species able to recognize itself in a mirror test. [3]
I removed the text: "Common Mynas will swoop near, or indeed at, people as Australian Magpies do. [citation needed] They will attack many other species including magpies, crows, other birds as well as cats and small dogs." I have been a birdwatcher in Australia for many years and have never observed this behaviour.