Actually saw this little beauty in NSW, Australia on my trip during the summer of 2013. I thought it was a very pretty bird and it took me forever to take a photo! I don't know the specie, and I would love if someone told me!
killed (shot?) magpies strung up from a rural fence edge of Lake Ellesmere at the mouth of Kaituna Valley Rock outcrops between road (rail trail carpark) and lake
killed (shot?) magpies strung up from a rural fence edge of Lake Ellesmere at the mouth of Kaituna Valley Rock outcrops between road (rail trail carpark) and lake
This magpie was sitting on a sign inside the Lincoln Uni Horticulture research area. As I went closer taking pictures it flew away into the farm field next to the area.