Magpies around Melbourne

hotlipsmc

Does anyone know if the magpies are still on the warpath out in the hills?

bkay

I don't know about where you are, but here in the Mornington Pennisula they seem to have stopped and I have seen a lot of nearly full grown chicks with their parent. I guess that it is now safe to venture out

steve

There's still a few around ballarat, but not as many as there was a month or so ago.

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hotlipsmc

thanks for the feedback, rode to Kinglake, only got swooped three times!

ed073

Magpie season is usually September through to early Oct. Should have calmed down by now.

artemidorus

I haven't been attacked at all this year in Sydney- our magpies must have discovered someone's illegal plantation

nitrous

Haven't been swooped for a few weeks in Melbourne.

steve

This is happened about a km from where i grew up as a kid, i hope he's OK.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story...5E26462,00.html

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Man fights for life after magpie attack By Geraldine Mitchell October 27, 2004 A MAN who crashed his bicycle after a magpie attacked him was fighting for his life in a Gippsland hospital yesterday. He was taken to the Latrobe Regional Hospital with serious head injuries and later flown to the Alfred where he was in a critical but stable condition last night. Police said the man fell off his bike while crossing Tom's Bridge north of Morwell about 9am. The man, 51, told paramedics he had lost control of his bike after a magpie attacked him. Last year, a Mildura man, 74, died after a magpie attack in which he received a serious eye injury. Magpies swoop in spring to protect their chicks and territory, according to the Department of Sustainability and Environment. To prevent attacks, the department suggests travelling in a group or avoiding the area. Cyclists are also urged to dismount and walk past a swoop area.

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Lasalles

That must be because all the b@$t@rd$ are around Camden.There are afew angry ones around Cawdor the entire stretch leading to the bas eof Old Razorback.And there is also 1 very angry maggie on the stretch leading to Razorback opposite the Shell servo.

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dorkpants

was swooped on the old pacific hwy near berowra (sydney) two days ago.... bastard got me on the way back as well.... thought they would've chillled by now

flipper

I ride around the Dandenongs every day (commute & work) and so far haven't had a single swoop this year.

MikeyOz

Having moved back to Melbourne from Brisbane... I have to say it is great to be back in Melbourne, the Magpies down here are a lot less "feral" and I personally think have learn't that cyclists are no threat to them, they only time I can just about guaranteed to get swooped is riding the big loop out via Whittlesea, Kinglake, Yarra Glen and that has to be a certain time of the year as well.

Melbourne seems almost magpie free anytime of the year.

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Brian Cotgrove

G'day MikeyOz, What happened to you mate, did you get brain fade, what's this stuff about moving back to Melbourne from Brisbane, you must be mad?

Normally it's the other way around with 1,000 mexicans moving up here a week and bringing their bad manners and driving habits with them.

Just show to go yer, you can't hack it up here in the Sunshine State, they say if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

With regards the "Maggies", they have a special school just down the road from where I live. They teach the Butcher Birds, here in Birkdale on Redland Bay. One little poofta gets me every day as I cut through the park from Birkdale Road to avoid the tin tops.

He's got it down to a real artform, he flies down low, then comes up in a climb from behind and gets me on the left ear. I'm sure he's been playing "Falcon Four" because that manouver is in the flight manual.

Me thinking smart, I'll cover my left ear and that'll teach the little bugger.

Not so, says he and duly gets me on the right ear using the same technic.

This is still happening and it's almost Christmas, infact I went through there today at 6.05 pm 20th dec and he was there waiting. After an attack he sits in the tree goes right off calling me all the names that Butcher Birds use, to express their displeasure until I'm well away from his territory. Even the school kids won't go through there for fear of getting set upon.

The answer to my problem is I'm moving to Melbourne to get not only get away from the Buther Bird but the Ex-Melbournians as well?

Only kidding, I'd be as mad as you lot down there if I left my beloved Queensland, "The Smart State", just ask "Premier Pete", he'll fill you in?

Yo all come back now?

Merry Christmas, have fun and don't stop turning the wheels now? TBC

nitrous

Bad manners! I'd say you've enough of them. Talk of "Mexicans" and "Pooftas" shows how uncivilised you are.

Why not stick to bike talk on a bike forum?