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6 Comments:
One of the little buggers swooped me this morning when I was cycling, I lost my balance and hit the road hard. I've since found out it's illegal to kill them, much to my disapointment.
When a magpie swoops, your best bet is to keep your eye on the road and try not to let them distract you. Most of the time they'll just clatter into your helmet harmlessly. Even if they go for your ear, it's still going to hurt a lot less than hitting the ground.
It might be illegal to kill them, but as far as I'm aware, there's no law against squirting them with water. :)
The problem for me is that theres 2ways of getting to school and both have a nest!!! >:l But there is one other way (luckily) It's the same way but instead of going to the third street I go throught the second... then down the main road and into school... Yes confusing as you dont know my roads :) mum and dad suggested putting glasses in the middle of my helmet cuz they attack you from behind, or eyes. :S
(I know im spamming) But I was being swooped and I was riding past the oval in the morning and kids usually hang out there and they were laughing at me EMBARRASING :l I had sunnies on so they didnt know who I was LOL :D
(Sorry for spam :)
I've read a few sites and all, and they say for the rider to dismout their bike and walk. Wont that just make it easier for them to swoop u more? Or do they like leave u alone? By the way Can u send the answers to
bunnyboo239@hotmail.com please because I don't cheak this site... Lol :)
I live in Gladstone QLD and I've ran into a poll on my bike whilst trying to slap one away from my almost perfect face. I swear I heard the little prick laugh as he flew away and left me for dead on the side the highway... Man, its that bad i had a nightmare about them last night as one literally grabbed onto my hand and tried to pull me off my bike. Now I would never kill one, but I occasionaly ride around with a stick and wave it above my head like an old man with alsimers would twirl his walking stick given he thought the sun was to hot. Now, if i where to 'accidently' hit one of these australian devil spawns, I'm farely confident I could say it was self deffence, you know, like a life or death situation. Are there any laws about chopping down its F-ing tree? Might give these black and white bats something to really cry about. I only ride to work and back due to loosing my liscence for 3 months so it's bad enough I have to put up with the ridiculing of that alone without one of my friends seeing me with friggen zippy ties attached to my helmet - no thanks, not for me. Nor am I going to dismount and walk. so the only alternative is to just throw some headphones in your ears, ride like a mad man and think of happy thoughts while your helmet is being raped by a razor sharp beak. And speaking of BEAKS, I've seen those little buggers using the telephone wires as god dam sharpening tools! Make no mistake, these guys are out to do some serious damage - Just please someone tell me when it's going to be over.....
Where I live the magpies seem to be alot more aggressive this year. My family and I love to go on bike rides but this year that has become almost immpossible. There is a set of Magpies in our street that are so aggressive that they will wait for you outside your house and attack you from the minute you set off! My home is a high set house and they have started to come underneath the house to continue with their attacks. We have tried all the methods that people say to do like put sunglasses or eyes on the back of your helmet and zippy ties and even to just ignore them and to continue riding like nothing is wrong, but it is very hard when they come at you from every angle and DO NOT STOP! So now in order to take my son on rides I have to take a unbrella with me and even with that they continue to have ago. I am getting to the point where am ready to take action against them!
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