[canberra] Magpies after nest material already ...

I have no idea if it's global warming or not, but this morning, when I went out to pick up the paper from the drive there were a bunch of magpies banging about in a eucalypt looking for all the world that they were looking for nesting material.

Given we've had two days of high winds they could be wanting to repair nests, but it's not yet mid winter and they're turning to nest building in Canberra.

Just to add to the conundrum the azaleas and even the jonquils (minature daffodils) are flowering in our garden ....