Archive for the 'Magpies and Currawongs' Category

The Australian Magpie has three recognised races - the White-backed, the Black-backed and the Western.
Here in Murray Bridge the common one is the White-backed Magpie.
Australian Magpie (White-backed race)
From time to time I do see a Black-backed Magpie near our home. Yesterday I saw a single bird of this race just up the road from our […]

Australian Magpie2007 Australian Capital Territory trip report #10

During our visit to the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra earlier this year we took a little time out from our wanderings around the gardens in order to have a picnic lunch. For places where people gather to eat, you can be almost assured of plenty […]

Pied Currawong
2007 Australian Capital Territory trip report #9
Some of the more common birds I observed during my recent visit to the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra were Pied Currawongs. Along with the Australian Magpie they seemed to be spread throughout the gardens and surrounding forest area.
Many people come to visit the gardens every day. […]

Australian Magpie (Black-backed race)
Yesterday I reported on the birds I have observed at Geranium, a small farming community in the Murray Mallee area of South Australia. One species that is very conspicuous is the Australian Magpie. On a walk around the school grounds and oval I was interested to observe two distinct sub-species of magpie […]