A very merry (mildly malevolent) Aussie magpie Christmas to you. (This thing is as tall as I am)
Australian magpies have a beautiful carolling song, are very intelligent (they can recognise and remember individual humans) and will murderously swoop you if you go within the No Humans Allowed zone of their nest, in spring. (Or if they just don’t like you) The zone is not signposted.
They are also a protected species. Wild magpies are not usually seen with Santa hats.
