He's back!!!

Kenny said:

He chased all the way from just before the water tank to Linden railway
station and contacted 5 times.

Watch out for him.

Not that I know the area but that sounds like a magpie ready for some action, good luck with him.

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Quoted message said:

If your riding up the Great Western Highway near Linden NSW, there is a
crazy magpie just near the watertank which is about 1 km west of the fruit
stall.

He chased all the way from just before the water tank to Linden railway
station and contacted 5 times.

Watch out for him.

Ken

I keep a near full bidon and squirt them as they fly in for the attack, one
or two squirts are all that is needed to discourage them.

In the absence of a magpikely.com, here's a heads up for any Sydney riders
travelling south on Anzac Parade Maroubra. The magpie is in the trees by
the road after Beauchamp St, just south of St Spyridon College. It attacked
me repeatedly, hit me hard twice on top of the helmet. I haven't got much
hair, and would have been badly gashed but for the helmet. Just one more
reason to wear a helmet I reckon.

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beerwolf

beerwolf said:

In the absence of a magpikely.com,

http://magpiemap03.googlemashups.com

Note: have found a fault with viewing the map through IE but works
through Firefox.

DaveB

DaveB said:

beerwolf said:

In the absence of a magpikely.com,

http://magpiemap03.googlemashups.com

Okay, report sent.

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beerwolf

Kenny said:

If your riding up the Great Western Highway near Linden NSW, there is a
crazy magpie just near the watertank which is about 1 km west of the fruit
stall.

He chased all the way from just before the water tank to Linden railway
station and contacted 5 times.

Watch out for him.

Ken

He's a bugger, isn't he? Apparently he has a well deserved reputation
as an anticyclist. Maybe he's practising for a "journo" job in the
tabloids!

First time I've actually been pecked was along there last week (chased
me from the station past the water tank), and I saw a haplesss rider
getting done over on Saturday. Bloody thing would hover just above him
and repeatedly dive into his back. Made me glad I had been wearing a
backpack!

Funny thing, I've only ever been attacked on road, never when I'm out
in the bush. Suburbia must drive birds mental as well...

Tony F
www.thefathippy.com

thefathippy said:

He's a bugger, isn't he? Apparently he has a well deserved reputation
as an anticyclist. Maybe he's practising for a "journo" job in the
tabloids!

He will never make the grade. A rabid, testosterone-crazed magpie has far
too much intelligence, integrity and common humanity to be a tabloid
journalist.

--
beerwolf

On 2007-09-24, thefathippy (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

First time I've actually been pecked was along there last week (chased
me from the station past the water tank), and I saw a haplesss rider
getting done over on Saturday. Bloody thing would hover just above him
and repeatedly dive into his back. Made me glad I had been wearing a
backpack!

Funny thing, I've only ever been attacked on road, never when I'm out
in the bush. Suburbia must drive birds mental as well...

Counter example:

Blackburn Hill, west of Coonabarabran. Doesn't get much more rural.
Probably drives them bats too.

--
TimC
Stapp's (of Murphy's law fame) Law: the universal aptitude for
ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle.