Magpie Alert: Learning to Live with a Wild Neighbour - Softcover

Jones, Darryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0868406686 ISBN 13: 9780868406688

Publisher: University of New South Wales Press, 2002

Synopsis

Wherever people live in Australia, magpies tend to be found there, too. These very familiar birds are one of our most loved and admired wild birds. Yet, during the breeding season, many magpies become extremely aggressive toward people, sometimes causing serious injury or distress, especially to children. The fact that this is a very common, well loved yet sometimes dangerous neighbor makes solving the magpie-human conflict very complicated. This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive guide to everything that is known about this bird, why it attacks, and what we can do about it.

About this title

About the Author

Darryl Jones is Senior Lecturer in Ecology in the Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University in Brisbane and in association with his Suburban Wildlife Research Group has been studying many aspects of the interactions between magpies and people in southeast of Queensland since 1996. In addition to this work in Queensland, Darryl has provided advice on magpie management to agencies in Victoria and the ACT.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0868406686
• ISBN 13: 9780868406688
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184