Magpies become extra territorial during breeding season and swoop, defending their patch. They also recognise and remember individual humans, too. For some reas

Magpies become extra territorial during breeding season and swoop, defending their patch. They also recognise and remember individual humans, too. For some reason the ones up our street took a dislike to my son and will swoop at him every season, but never bother the other three of us. During the protracted Melbourne lock-downs last year, when you did go for a drive down to the shops for your groceries and such, you could see huge groups of cockies and galahs hanging around. Not as much fun as the small English town that got invaded by goats, but I did wonder once or twice if I was in an Alfred Hitchcock film.