A hungry magpie was in my backyard today.

As I was walking out to my shed to print some tshirts. This magpie walked straight up to me. Which caught me off guard at first.

Now here in Australia this here is what we are scared of haha. You hear about all these stories from overseas that everything in Australia wants to kill you like snakes and spiders. But if you talk to an Aussie they will all say that magpies are the number one thing we all fear the most.

During spring time here in Australia it's nesting season for these birds and the are VERY territorial! They will swoop out of trees tops or powerlines and peck you with their huge beaks if you come in a 50 meter radius of their nest.

They are absolute jerks during Spring!

So most walks through a local park is out of the question during their nesting season. Unless you want to be bombarded from above.
And if you ride a push bike here you will see people tie zip ties to their helmets to try and deter the magpies from attacking.

They often go for your eyes like in the first 30 seconds in this video here.

And some random magpie attacks here 😂

So I was very grateful that this magpie didn't choose violence when he woke up this morning. And came to say hello.

I watched him pick a grub out of the grass for breakfast. Then he came closer for a better look at me.

So I had to get my phone out to snap these shots as this was the first time a magpie had been this friendly to me.

And it's always good to have these magpies on our good side come spring time.

They really are a beautiful bird when they are not trying to peck your eyes out. And the way they sing to each other is amazing!