Flow-Rider
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Haha Magpie alert is cool
They can go as far as December from my experience, most of them should start to slow down before November.
Totally Over Magpies
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Narrrr............. Brighton.
Flow-Rider
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Hahah, karma at its best.
I rode the same section of bike path again the other day and a new sign was erected notifying that there was a dangerous bird around. I carefully rode through that section while looking behind me at the same time, just as I though everything was all clear he came from nowhere and thumped into my visor.
stirk
Burner
I lost my swooping 'virginity' this weekend! Three attack runs it did. The First attack I didn't register it really, then the second and third I knew what was going on. Checky fucker was squarking as well as beak snapping. I was riding on the road in the way back from trails so it probably mistook me for a roadie 
MARKL
Eats Squid
Hopefully I have done everyone a favour
mshagg
Likes Bikes
Some time between the trails being sloppy mud and trails being closed for total fire bans.
Got got on the way down to daisy last weekend, warning then 2 strikes near the emp busway car park. Full tilt into the car park he kept coming, as he came in four the 4th go, I tested out the guides and my helmet. Thunk, flutter flutter, crash.
I left the scene, felt sorry for the old asian guy walking across the empty car park with a pissed off Magpie flying around
I left the scene, felt sorry for the old asian guy walking across the empty car park with a pissed off Magpie flying around
Nautonier
Eats Squid
The sweet spot.
MarioM
Likes Dirt
Maybe this will have to go in the confessions thread ....
At my local trail I used to get swooped years ago . Back then I thought I`d try a different approach that works for me at home and around the neighbourhood and its worked ever since . I actually take the time to talk to them ( no , they have not answered back yet , I need different pills for that ) and feed them and they recognize me and leave me alone . If I`m sitting at the clearing waiting for people they`ll come down and see what I`ve got even letting their young get fed as well . Gee they squawk if you`re not quick enough to give them something ! Doing this I never get swooped anymore .
Anyway , I`ve told my riding buddies to do the same , as well as some roadie acquaintances , but I get the feeling they think I`m nuts - which is true I guess .
At my local trail I used to get swooped years ago . Back then I thought I`d try a different approach that works for me at home and around the neighbourhood and its worked ever since . I actually take the time to talk to them ( no , they have not answered back yet , I need different pills for that ) and feed them and they recognize me and leave me alone . If I`m sitting at the clearing waiting for people they`ll come down and see what I`ve got even letting their young get fed as well . Gee they squawk if you`re not quick enough to give them something ! Doing this I never get swooped anymore .
Anyway , I`ve told my riding buddies to do the same , as well as some roadie acquaintances , but I get the feeling they think I`m nuts - which is true I guess .
Flow-Rider
Burner
You do get that every now and then. I had one attack me for about a week a month ago and never to be seen after that.
Yeah, they're ok when they're on the same side.
I'm a big believer of this.
My young kids like to feed them out the front of our house & I have never been swooped over the past 3 yrs of regular morning road rides.
I reckon they even tell their mates to leave me alone !
Freediver
I can go full Karen
My Mum's got a family of them that she feeds nearly every day. Only enough to keep them coming back for more, not enough so that their natural hunting behaviour is curbed. She gives them about a tablespoon of minced beef or a bit of finely chopped whatever meat she's eating that day. She rolls the mince into a sausage that she freezes and just breaks a bit off the end.
The kids usually just go for bread but as mentioned scraps of meet, garden worms etc.
so magpies are known to be able to communicate faces to other magpies, so they can carry on vendettas across multiple generations...
or leaving people alone i guess
Flow-Rider
Burner
You shouldn't really feed them, you all know this by now. Soft mince can actually get stuck in their beak and cause an infection.
stirk
Burner
Practice run.