For my money, the most malicious (and annoying) is this species:
When I lived in Michigan we had a nest of blue jays in our yard who could have given them a run for their money.
For your interest.
What an odd last sentence.
Maybe the Ausies should import some Kea parrots to make things even more frightening.
https://www.birdorable.com/blog/kea-the-sheep-eating-parrot/
...And here, I thought this was going to be a drop-bear thread. :P
Especially if you're not a Collingwood fan.
I don’t mind wearing a mask while indoors or really close quarters to other people, but, seriously, outdoors?
Walking down the sidewalk, or, as Aussies say, footpaths, or in the drive taking the trash cans, or rubbish bins down the drive? Mowing the lawn?
Are they really mandating masks in these particular occasions?
Let the government stop pushing the magpies into stranger fear! Free the kind peoples faces so magpies can recognize them!!!
Mockingbirds will take on crows 3 times their size. They’re pretty aggressive too. But not as bad as these “death from the sky” magpies seem to be.
Or the dropbears (Thylarctos plummetus)?
England has a long history and set of customs concerning magpies. One is required to salute them when seeing them. They are connected to both good and bad luck, so one must be careful.
That said, my aunt in Idaho kept one for a pet. I don’t know if it was wild and she regularly fed it or kept it in a cage. They are very smart and apparently do remember people who treat them well or mess with them.
I shot 15 magpies on my front lawn because they were messing with the siding on my house. I couldn’t believe it,for a supposedly smart bird, they sure seemed intent on dying.
Well, Tasmania, yeah, butr it is an Australian Federation State.
Maybe a dingo ate your baby.
I dunno, I was in Australia is their spring and I went to dinner with a couple of aussies in an outdoor cafe that had trees full of magpies and cockatoos and nobody batted an eye, much less expressed any hesitation with being around them.
We have a tiny bird we call Pitirre (a Gray kingbird) that takes on hawks in the air (and almost always wins) and people on the ground if you get too close to their nests. People will usually scatter in their presence.
ANYBODY should be scared of the cassowary. I spoke to a zookeeper at a zoo and he said that the bird was the only creature there that he was actually afraid of, even if caged or he was padded.