And are giant arseholes when they're nesting. In the country town I grew up in, a key footpath when walking to school would end up with 3 - 4 magpie nests in tr

And are giant arseholes when they're nesting. In the country town I grew up in, a key footpath when walking to school would end up with 3 - 4 magpie nests in trees alongside it. So us kids would compete to see who could last the longest walking past them, as soon as you ran, or put your backpack over your head to protect yourself, you lost. No-one ever made it past the third nest without breaking.