Magpies are Out in Force - Hot Spots

[blatant]

Avoid their area alltogether.
Dave

according to the swoop map that means avoid pretty much all of victoria
Nah I know they're just doing their job but it's still annoying

[Mulger bill]

Make friends with your local nests, say hi and keep some mince in the fridge at home. I'm sure they use Twitter to tell each other who the good people are...

[adrian_d]

Make friends with your local nests, say hi and keep some mince in the fridge at home. I'm sure they use Twitter to tell each other who the good people are...

LOL Thats hilarious. Isn't it interesting that there are so many trees around and they end up picking ones right next to the bike track? That right there is prime real estate... A nest with a view and all the unexpecting pedestrians they could ever want.

I wonder if we'd find bits of helmets meshed into their nest construction.

I was thinking of riding in a bird/chicken suit, they wouldn't take one of their own would they?

[drnick79]

Seven Mile Road ~1km out from Trafalgar, there are a few angry magpies along there. One hit a mate twice on the helmet.

S

Okay, to follow up on this magpie a little more...

He got me a few times this morning... This fubber was full on!!!! He went me for a good 5-600m! I had my pump (yeah the non pro spec one!!!) swinging above my head, but this *&*) of a bird still kept on going me!!!! Managed to make a small hole in my helmet not too far from my ear, but still looks like it will be okay. I was almost hitting him with that said pump, but he kept on having a crack!!!

Corner of Seven Mile Rd and North Canel Rd (on the south side), just near there..

S

[Bentnose]

Plenty Road, Mill Park, near the corner of Childs Road, I had two attacking me at the same time while I was trying negotiate my way across a left turn lane to go straight in an 80 zone, was a little scary.

[il padrone]

That bloody magpie at Tunstall Square (Doncaster Rd, Donvale) that started out fairly inoccuously swooping quite high, has now moved on to full body-slams I've been away for 5 weeks and was not riding the bike the last week or so, but on Wednesday it crashed down onto my helmet three times. At first I thought someone had thrown something at me.

[il padrone]

This fubber was full on!!!! He went me for a good 5-600m! I had my pump (yeah the non pro spec one!!!) swinging above my head, but this *&*) of a bird still kept on going me!!!! Managed to make a small hole in my helmet not too far from my ear, but still looks like it will be okay. I was almost hitting him with that said pump, but he kept on having a crack!!!

According to wildlife experts this is the worst way to react to them. Aggression only reinforces their need to attack to defend territory and their swooping gets worse

[il padrone]

aside from cable ties and fake eyes what other effective methods have people used?

Ditch the helmet

[Bentnose]

aside from cable ties and fake eyes what other effective methods have people used?

Ditch the helmet

Did you see the next video in the series were they put a wig over the helmet so the person looked like they had an afro, the magpie didn't attack, they called it the Big Hair approach. We just need to get some wigs.

[danny the boy]

I think the ones still doing it now are just in it for a laugh with their mates.