New Zealand's most fearsome bird

[Duncan Brown]

New Zealand's most fearsome bird, The Magpie, for which I've had the most healthy respect ever since I was a paperboy

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Though I'm sure a birder might know a more fearsome bird, I still wear the scars....
Been careful over nesting season ever since

[les]

you have obviously never strayed into a nz falcon`s nest area?

[Duncan Brown]

Nope, never had the (dubious) pleasure

[SnipSnap]

While I don't have any lasting damage (yet to display any indication of brain damage.. I think), I still distinctively remember the feeling of Skua slamming their feet into the back of my head and side of my face when I got too close to their nest.