Bird Watching: Australian Birds, 0 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
KJ, your recollection of Australian Magpies during the breeding season is very accurate. Lots of people feed the maggies and they recognize the people who feed them and these people are safe from attack. Some families of Magpies who have possibly not been tormented, especially by schoolkids, remain very placid, even during the breeding season. The family in our territory is like that. Posties on their little motorbikes seem to be fair game and I'm sure they don't go around persecuting Magpies.

Toodyay is the most beautiful little town. If it wasn't for the fact that it's inland and hideously hot in summer, I'd move there in a heartbeat.

Port Lincoln Ringnecks are the 28's you refer to and are still called 28's. They are one of my all time favourite birds. There was a small mob of about 6 or 7 flying from tree to tree in our yard this morning.

I'll post some shots I took last year. These ones were in a peppermint tree.