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The Australian Magpie ( Cracticus tibicen ) is a common bird found in urban
Australian environments where its nest defense behavior during spring brings it
into conflict with humans. This article explores the role of print media in
covering this conflict. Leximancer software was used to analyze newspaper reports
about the Australian Magpie from a sample of 634 news stories, letters-to-the
editor and opinion pieces, published in newspapers from around Australia between
1 January 2010 and 31 December 2014. The results confirm that stories about these
birds are primarily published in the daily regional and weekly suburban press,
and that the dominant story frame concerns the risk of "swooping" behavior to
cyclists and pedestrians from birds protecting their nests during the spring
breeding season. The most prominent sources used by journalists are local and
state government representatives, as well as members of the public. The results
show that the "swooping season" has become a normal part of the annual news cycle
for these publications, with the implication that discourse surrounding the
Australian Magpie predominantly concerns the risk these birds pose to humans, and
ignores their decline in non-urban environments.