It's on Magpie season
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby mrgolf » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:32 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby skull » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:07 pm
Till this morning. 4 birds in 1h 30m. One of the attacks was a double whammy, I had 2 teamed up against me. Still currently at 0 connects tho.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby austy37 » Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:57 am
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby Ross » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:26 pm
As you know I'm a regular at Mt Ainslie but haven't been swooped. Maybe because I go there early in the morning or maybe they are just used to seeing me and consider me a "friend". I think Magpies are quite an intelligent bird. Crows too. Ducks are as dumb as dog$hit.mrgolf wrote: Plus the usual one 2/3 up Mt Ainslie just where it gets steep. Cheeky bugger.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby mrgolf » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:31 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby skull » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:54 pm
I hate their swooping
I hate their pooping
I hate their AFL team
I hate their NRL team.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby Ross » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:04 am
I did a couple of reps this morning, started about 6.15 and finished just before 7. There were 2 maggies on the side of the road about 3/4 of the way up, just before the white line accross the road, and they just casually glanced in my direction as I rode past!mrgolf wrote:I went up pre 6am and then again around 7:30 twice and only got swooped at 7:30. It must know you, perhaps. Magpie's are pretty damn discriminating when it comes to who they target. It can be as particular as small boys on bikes only, or only women pushing prams, or only McMamils after 7am... Pretty amazing bird. I still love the things. I love their songs and that they can be so trusting to the point of hand feeding fairly easily.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby Ross » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:57 am
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby lobstermash » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:07 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby twizzle » Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:17 pm
The return of The Red Baron.lobstermash wrote:Careful on Athllon Drive bike path between Atkins St and the underpass. I didn't get done this morning, but copped it on the way in yesterday with the bird grabbing onto my shirt and just missing my ear. Most aggressive bird I've come across in a long time.
Report the little bugger - guy at work was bleeding from his nose last year when it went for his face.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby lobstermash » Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:21 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby skull » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:51 pm
twizzle wrote:The return of The Red Baron.lobstermash wrote:Careful on Athllon Drive bike path between Atkins St and the underpass. I didn't get done this morning, but copped it on the way in yesterday with the bird grabbing onto my shirt and just missing my ear. Most aggressive bird I've come across in a long time.
Report the little bugger - guy at work was bleeding from his nose last year when it went for his face.
Yep report it. Dangerous birds need to be removed.
I know he is only doing what is natural, but we live in Surburbia and as an adult we can choose to take the risk however if it swoops a kid and gets their eyes then that is bad gu gu
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby lobstermash » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:38 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby skull » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:37 am
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Postby Ross » Wed Sep 25, 2013 12:40 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby twizzle » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:57 pm
"If you need to report a swooping bird, please call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81. They can take down details of the location of the bird, your details and any information you can provide on the bird to pass onto the ACT Parks and Conservation Service to follow up on."
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Postby cp123 » Wed Sep 25, 2013 2:11 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby jcjordan » Wed Sep 25, 2013 2:17 pm
Reported both the Baron and his new mate near Greenway on Drakeford Drive via that number this afternoon.twizzle wrote:The Red Baron drew blood this morning (ear) from a mate. Online reporting has been removed... new process is :
"If you need to report a swooping bird, please call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81. They can take down details of the location of the bird, your details and any information you can provide on the bird to pass onto the ACT Parks and Conservation Service to follow up on."
It says something that when I mentioned the Baron the nice lady who answered the phone knew exactly who I was talking about and where he lived.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby Ridecat » Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:46 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby lobstermash » Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:43 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby TonyMax » Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:12 am
One near Vikings tennis courts, one over just north of the Lake Tuggeranong dam on the lakeside cycle path, and one on Athllon Drive between Don Dunstan and Barr Smith in Bonython.
When do they stop? Do we have to wait for eggs to hatch? Young to leave the nest? Winter?
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby lobstermash » Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:33 am
None of my feathered friends attacked me this morning.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby TonyMax » Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:37 am
That's the plan, the further away I get quickly the more chance of him giving up.lobstermash wrote:The only advantage of going faster is to get out of their territory more quickly.
I now have some printed clip art eyes stuck to the back of my helmet, will report back if this works or not today. I have a mate with cable ties on his helmet who has been harassed in the last few days.
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