At the launch, there will fantastic and engaging learning opportunities for students, teachers and parents/carers to engage in, with a family picnic at 10:30am. Everyone is invited to wear green!Australian Magpie Australian Magpies live in groups of up to 25 birds – the family group will help to protect and educate the young, teaching them foraging skills. Magpies are responsible, building nests from sticks and twigs in a bowl shape which they are lined with softer materials such as hair, feathers, wool and shredded bark.