It's on Magpie season
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby skull » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:52 am
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby cp123 » Wed Oct 02, 2013 12:23 pm
2 pathetic swoops from a newbie bird on the bike path northbound just before the southernmost Beasley street. ie travel north past the Mt Taylor horse paddocks, get to the top of the hill and down near the first set of traffic lights at Torrens. He's just south of the corner. (not the Beasley Street near Melrose High).
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby Ross » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:04 pm
Friends don't let friends go out in public looking like that...cp123 wrote:a mate of mine has foam balls on his helmet - you know the type - you can buy them in craft shops or lincraft or similar. he has them poked onto cable ties that are wound round the vents on his lid. They flop back and forth above his lid like the antennas on my favourite martian. he reckons they work fantastically and they swing around in the breeze.
Indeedcp123 wrote: I'm happy to take on the birds than to look like a total goob.
Got swooped by the Mt Ainslie maggie yesterday morning. He did a high speed fly-by from my left and then came back and gave me a friendly tap on the helmet. This was going up the hill on the first lap, he wasn't around for the downhill bit or for my second rep up the hill. There were a couple of other cyclists around so maybe he wore himself out swooping them.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby skull » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:07 pm
As I rode off he didn't swoop me again. I think he may have been in shock
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Postby lobstermash » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:49 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby cp123 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:14 pm
gosh he's a strong willed one. hope you're okay. do you have a hockey mask ala Jason from Friday the 13th...?
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby jc2153 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:32 pm
After being attacked last week - I'm interested in mapping the magpie attacks this year to help us cyclists avoid nuisance birds!
I've created a basic website to help track these and would really appreciate if you could please check out the website and record the details of your attacks and share any safety tips ?
http://www.magpiealert.com/
I opened the site this week and have had some good reports of swoopings, it would be great if you could visit and mark your attacks on the Google map:
http://www.magpiealert.com/RecordMagpie ... tralia.php
Many thanks in advance
Jon
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby JWillows » Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:26 pm
The first was on Cotter Road on the punch before the roundabout heading towards Stromlo. This one is aggressive... It will swoop consistently for ~100m and hit me on the ear below the helmet and on another occasion caused me to crash (more my own fault for not being prepared). Beware!
The second was on the corner of State Circle and Brisbane Avenue. Not so bad, didn't make contact and when I had my eye on it while stopped at a traffic light was happy to sit and watch me. Mind you, as soon as I took my eye off it and started to pedal it was back at me.
The third was on Clunies Ross Street. This one was about between the Black Mountain intersection and the roundabout at the CSIRO. It was persistent and made contact with my helmet and body. It followed for less than 100m but was a pain, especially with impatient drivers! I was heading towards Barry Drive when I was swooped, but have ridden in the opposite direction 5 or so time without being swooped.
The fourth was near Grevilia Park on the bike path around the lake. No contact was made. He came out of nowhere though!
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby JWillows » Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:18 am
twizzle wrote:Birds actually hitting you is uncommon.
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I disagree, I've been swooped by 4 magpies in the past 3 weeks, 3 of which have made contact.
Perhaps they are particularly aggressive where I ride...
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby TonyMax » Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:28 pm
Although I did three laps of the lake and I only got a hit the first lap, he was nowhere to be seen the other two times around.
I just put my head down now and get out of there as quick as I can.
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby nescius » Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:55 pm
I must be unlucky or something too because I've been swooped plenty of times and they make contact more often than not.JWillows wrote:twizzle wrote:Birds actually hitting you is uncommon.
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I disagree, I've been swooped by 4 magpies in the past 3 weeks, 3 of which have made contact.
Perhaps they are particularly aggressive where I ride...
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby skull » Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:07 pm
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby jc2153 » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:11 pm
http://www.magpiealert.com/magpieAttackStatistics.php
I'd like to thank you all for taking part and wish you a safe remainder of the Spring!
JC
Ps; I got swooped this morning by a minor bird
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Re: It's on Magpie season
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby jcjordan » Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:50 pm
I wish my friend near Greenway is still angryskull wrote:I have had a few days now bird free. Is it over?
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Re: It's on Magpie season
Postby koshari » Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:36 pm
not here its not, the one based behind the best western motel at the beginning of the warragul drouin bike trail was pretty aggressive yesterday still.skull wrote:I have had a few days now bird free. Is it over?
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Re: It's on Magpie season
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