I realise that they are protected, but really the grief they cause!
Bit of a pain to the man on the land, squawk squawk squawk.
next thing you know all the rare and endangered species, like the full breasted boobie.
are gone !!!
I can assure you that the full breasted boobie is far from endangered, in fact they are reaching plague proportions!
It's getting so bad that reading your favourite forum at lunchtime will get you fired if the boss sees it...
P.S. Don't assume that it was a galah that pulled the trigger, either.
In Broome...
I had chickens ducks geese and alike..
So lots of food and stuff..
plus water and nice big gum trees for them to roost in (sulfur crested)
It was alright during the week..(not really)
but on Sunday when you just want an extra 1 hour sleep 
and god help you in the wet season cause when the sun came up so did they.
Too freaking early in my books.
They would be up in the trees squawking at my menagerie
and so freaking loud 
I use to run outside with pots and pans a banging...
starkers as you do on 11 acres in Broome 
That got rid of them...till next sunday and then I was up anyways
Looks like Maggies are not much better 
Squabbling magpies bring down power lines
November 11, 2010, 5:47 pm
Two squawking magpies caused havoc in western Sydney when they managed to bring down power lines, causing outages to businesses in an industrial area.
Third Avenue at Blacktown was shut down after the freak mishap triggered an electrical fault which snapped the wires on Thursday evening.
Police, firefighters and energy authorities responded to the incident, which happened when one of the squawking birds unwittingly flew between two cables.
"When magpies are at full wingspan they they can make contact and complete a circuit," an Integral Energy spokeswoman said.
"It creates a fault on the main and it's the fault that makes the lines come down."
The incident cost the bird its life and left seven businesses without power from about 6.20pm (AEDT).
Crews are currently working to resolve the issue.
I'm not sure the rare breasted boobie is endangered in it's natural habitiat, that is to say out in the wild.
To be sure these poor creatures are not in fact endangered we need a census - let's count them... 
