In a paddock there was a group of seven White-winged searching for food. One of them was a little distant from the group but upon realising that I was there it ran towards the other members, only slowing down once it was much closer to the group than it was to me. After grazing in that paddock, and appearing to have a few arguments within the group along the way, the birds then flew a short distance to the cross-country course paddock at the Yarralumla Equestrian Centre. Unfortunately, the local Australian Magpies were not happy, with the resident pair taking turns to swoop the choughs in wide u-shapes. The choughs would group together, while squawking at the magpies, but did not use their numbers to fly after the magpies or attempt to intercept them. After the magpies had departed the choughs would go back to eating, even though the magpies were often walking on the ground or perched in small trees about 20 metres from where the choughs were.
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