Australian magpie standing on low green vegetation, showing black body, white nape, and reddish eyes. [2714]![Australian magpie standing on low green vegetation, showing black body, white nape, and reddish eyes. [2714]](aussiePlaces/monartoSA/fulls/small/12-059A2714.jpg "Australian magpie standing on low green vegetation, showing black body, white nape, and reddish eyes. [2714]")
Common though they are, magpies always feel like old friends (except when they are swooping on you in springtime) — confident, intelligent, and perfectly at home among the grass and gum leaves. [2714]