Officials from Queensland's Environment Department removed the male magpie from the Gold Coast home of Juliette Wells and Reese Mortenson on March 1, saying the wild bird was being kept unlawfully.

Male magpies typically swoop for about six weeks, over September and October, when they have young in the nest or just after the young have flown the nest, this is when the chicks are most ...

But magpies are considered the ultimate "swoopy boy" and few people are without a story. Only a very small portion of male magpies engage in the practice though, and when they do, it's to protect ...

Most male magpies were very good at guarding their mate's nest, but if they were not then the female bird would dismiss them and make them leave, she said. "But it's only the male and only for ...