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Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), Canterbury, New Zealand: photo by Steve Attwood, 4 June 2012
When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm
The bracken made their bed
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
Tom's hand was strong to the plough
and Elizabeth's lips were red
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
and Elizabeth's lips were red
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
Year in year out they worked
while the pines grew overhead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
while the pines grew overhead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
But all the beautiful crops soon went
to the mortgage man instead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
to the mortgage man instead
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
Elizabeth is dead now (it's long ago)
Old Tom's gone light in the head
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
Old Tom's gone light in the head
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
The farm's still there. Mortgage corporations
couldn't give it away
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies say.
couldn't give it away
and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies say.
Denis Glover (1912-1980): The Magpies, from Recent Poems, 1941
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen), Hawkes Bay, New Zealand: photo by Mike Grainger, 6 July 2012
Australian magpie, Cracticus tibicen tyrannica, alternatively known as Gymnorhina tibicen tyrannica. Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia; photo by John O'Neill, 5 July 2010; edited by Noodle snacks, 7 July 2010
Australian magpie, Cracticus tibicen tyrannica, alternatively known as Gymnorhina tibicen tyrannica. Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia; photo by John O'Neill, 5 July 2010; edited by Noodle snacks, 7 July 2010
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen hypoleuca), male, Queen's Domain, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: photo by Noodle snacks, 29 June 2010
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), Samsonvale Cemetery, SE Queensland, Australia: photo by Aviceda, May 2005
An immature Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) in flight chased by an Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen): photo by JJ Harrison (Noodle snacks), 28 August 2009
Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, venturing inside at walking gait, Longwood, Victoria, Australia: photo by Erin Silversmith, 15 January 2006
Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, female, race dorsalis, in a Fremantle surburb, presumably collecting nesting material from a paperbark (but you-never-know with this mob?!). Distinguished by the scalloped back: photo by Cygnis insignis, 26August 2007
An Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) digging for food, at the instant it ejects a grub: photo by Toby Hudson, 30 December 2009; edited by Nikopol, 15 January 2010
Two Australian Magpies (Cracticus tibicen) in Victoria Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. On the left is a juvenile (note the dark eyes) calling for food. The mother on the right has just obtained a piece of apple and is about to pass it over: photo by Toby Hudson, 21 September 2011
Juvenile Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) rolling over in submission, Tibindilla Nature Reserve: photo by Sterry2607, 10 April 2010
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) nest in a Banksia tree: photo by Carl Clifford, May 2009
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen), Canberra area: photo by Julian Robinson, 9 September 2007
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