These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Streets and parks become a battleground, as the birds - descending from ...

But for more than 120 years, this question about magpies has ruffled feathers in South Australia: Why is the bird on the state's official badge called a "piping shrike" – and what exactly does ...

which means the return of vicious swooping attacks from the Australian magpie. The melodious songbirds, which are much-loved the rest of the year, are loathed around nesting season, when they go ...

Four Magpies have made the 2010 All Australian side announced at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Monday night.?? There were two first time inclusions including Harry O’Brien and Scott Pendlebury ...

A map of reported swoopings around Sydney so far this season. Picture: Magpie Alert Bird Life Australia national public affairs manager Sean Dooley said that while being swooped is “genuinely ...

A tragic image of a dead magpie hanging from a tree by fishing ... to the WA Police on 13 14 44 and report littering to Keep Australia Beautiful 1300 007 376.” A Department of Primary Industries ...