Joel.77

I see a 999 show on TV about a magpie in WA pecking a little girls eye as she rode past it's nest on her bike she was in a park with her grandmother, the poor kid lost her sight in the eye but afther an opp she was very lucky to get her sight back
So pls don't underestimate the magpies

Kim67

The most memorable magpie swooping I have happened last year - my daughter was in a short dance film about Australian Wards of the State - we were out at this old Monastery in the country, it was so eery and there were lots of tales of hauntings. One of the other mums and I went for a walk around the property and when we stopped in the cemetery to check out the graves, magpies started attacking us out of nowhere. We went and sat in the garden well away from the cemetery and just listened to the unexplained whispers and rustling in the gardens around us....it was truly spooky and those maggies were vicious.

Grayling

Just got attacked again.....in a different location!
Don't know if is the same bird or not but I think I will give cycling a rest for a while.

quoll

Have you put big google eyes on the back of your helmet? See them all the time in Canberra! No idea if they work or not!

Eastend Girl

Our poor postman cops it every afternoon, I find it quite amusing but would be terrified if they swooped on me

moneypenny20

Magpies rule the skies as swooping season begins | Mail Online

Amazulu

I f**king hate Magpies. They are the scum of the air. Dyson, our smallest Labrador caught one a few months ago - good lad

In the UK, my neighbour and I used to trap and kill the little shits (before all the lefties/greenies attack it is legal over there as they are considered to be vermin)

carolinephillips

I don't mind the magpies- never been attacked- but loathe the cockatoos with a vengeance, closely followed by the brush turkey. Destructive things have between them ruined my garden every year, and the cockatoos have eaten the windows (twice).

I have lots of lorikeets, king parrots and eastern rosellas, which I like, crested pigeons, butcher birds, mynahs (native ones), kookaburras and corellas. I often hear the whip bird, and what I call the Doctor Who bird- think it is a lyre bird- that sings the opening beats of the theme tune: "duh-duh-duh-duh" repeat 4 times.

Beoz

So I watched someone flying a kite today whilst a magpie repeatedly attacked the kite. Vicious little bastard went at the kite for about half an hour

spouse of scouse

It's just their instinct, they're trying to protect their nests/young. They only swoop in nesting season. Having said that, getting swooped is terrifying.

Alfresco

Can someone please explain why they regurgitate berries into my bird bath every day?

I fill it up with clean water and there are always berries in the bottom when I get home from work. I couldn't figure out where the berries were coming from until I sat watched them drink water then and spit them out.

DML

cable ties in your cycle helmet. Looks daft but seems to be effective. Some of them are pretty determined.

irishbloo

They are trying to make the bath look pretty.Its a bit like when people put petals in their bath.I do it all the time.

elmtree

Buy a butterfly net.

Go to where you know you'll get swooped upon. Net the magpie, down to the ground and stamp the f****er to death. It won't swoop on you again. And if you kill both parents the young will die, too.

Alfresco

But these are male magpies.