Suburban Australian Magpie concentration

Magpies, Starlings, Mynas and H Sparrows have been having a field day in Curtin feeding on the swarms of grasshoppers.

cheers
Richard

"Michael and Janette" <> 16/01/2006 08:16 PM Please respond to "Michael and Janette"

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Janette counted today (16. Jan) - just before <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />midday and before the rain set in - at least 92 Australian Magpies on the North Ainslie Primary School oval. Further birds were chortling in the trees. This is a good concentration of these birds for suburbia.
The area does not normally attract such numbers - were they anticipating rich pickings once the rain had softened the ground? 
Any comments/suggestions or reports of other high Magpie concentrations in suburbia?

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