THIS article is based upon the sightings of a flock of seven magpies in a field of sheep opposite my house in Somerset, England and seeing them also in my garden together with my sightings of these interesting birds in Sabah and Sarawak. All pretty tame experiences but nothing like the swooping attack by an [...]
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