Piping Shrikes Or Australian Magpies

Known as Australian magpies though in reality a piping shrike Black and white crow sized birds they do not have a look alike Birds of every town park and every countryside Throughout Australia they are known far and wide Once seen and once heard one cannot get them wrong The piping shrikes are loved for their beautiful song They can be heard sing every day of the year Their beautiful flute like warbling notes always pleasant to hear In cup shaped nest of sticks with some wire high on a tree The females lay brownish dotted eggs mostly three On their breeding Season in aggression they do not lack And even human beings they have been known to attack Piping shrikes or Australian magpies as they are widely known Are aggressive birds with ways of their own On mice, worms, insects, frogs and skinks and small birds they are known to prey Often hear them singing at night and see and hear them every day.