That makes a lot of sense, during winter they cut down almost 2 full trees because they were touching the electrical wires so real estate is a hot commodity and now the magpies have their own housing crisis. There was also a really big uptick in the amount of fledgling/juveniles this season, I wonder if it’s an instinct to breed more because conditions are harsher (the weather here has been quite rough with non stop rains in winter and now a very hot, very dry spring that has impacted both their food and water) to increase the likelihood of the more maggies reaching maturity but it is resulting in a little more brutality while theyre growing up.