g'day gromit,

from talking to rangers etrc.,. yes the male have testosterone which
kicks in around mating season (like now) and it looks like this year
that season could be extanded because winter ended early up here so
they could very well have 2 breeding seasons. so for us the front
paddock magpies are one down the forest magpies are the victors.

i knew they could get savage but have never known them to do fatal
harm to each other but that is nature in the raw hey?

len

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