Australia has a ‘swooping season’
every fall where residents have to
dodge a multitude of magpies that
aggressively protect their nests
by dive-bombing anything and
everything in their vicinity. SourceSource 2
fun fact: there is a goddess of friendship in ancient greece named philotes
extra fun fact: she is a daughter of nyx, whose other children are such lovely people as thanatos (god of death), momus (god of mockery), oizys (goddess of misery and depression), nemesis (goddess of retribution), apate (goddess of deceit), and eris (goddess of strife)