Brian Coventry (@briancoventry.bsky.social)

A magpie can recognise you – and four other fun facts about Australia’s most often-spotted bird The feathered friend was recorded in half of the 153,000 surveys in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count The Australian magpie has again topped the charts in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count as the feathered friend most often spotted across the country. Half of the 153,000 surveys submitted by 64,000 observers included the magpie, ahead of the rainbow lorikeet that appeared on 42% of surveys and the noisy minor making 34% of the counts. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/25/birdlife-australia-aussie-bird-count-magpie-five-fun-facts?CMP=aus_bsky