Magpie Season
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Magpie Season
Postby Hildalgo » Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:21 am
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby Mike Ayling » Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:22 am
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby Hildalgo » Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:17 pm
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby nezumi » Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:43 pm
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby TonyMax » Fri Aug 26, 2016 12:08 pm
I'm just going to either change my commute route slightly or where I have to cross a bird's territory I'll dodge the swoops and remove myself from their patch as soon as I can.
I found this video this morning which seems to indicate the only method which works is something I won't be employing or condoning (removing the helmet):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHreVKgOT4
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby Hildalgo » Fri Aug 26, 2016 1:12 pm
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby ironhanglider » Fri Aug 26, 2016 9:55 pm
However you can have a helmet and the impression of hair if you want.
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby NGtim » Wed Sep 07, 2016 11:02 am
Good resource if you are mapping out or interested in looking at your usual route.
I have been getting swooped a long Malcolm Road, Braeside, VIC since last season!! Rode past over the weekend and got swooped again so it's defintely back on... like donkey kong
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby cranky-1 » Wed Sep 07, 2016 3:13 pm
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Re: Magpie Season
Postby caitymb » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:02 am
DELWP (where I work) launch a crowd-sourced swoop map for Victoria each swooping season, where anyone can log swoop encounters with details - alternatively, you can zoom in to see where hotspots are in your area:
http://www.delwp.vic.gov.au/environment ... ping-birds
Encourage anyone to add their swoop hotspots to the map so other cyclists can either avoid that area, or be aware of swooping activity when riding through the area.
Last season I saw quite a bit of swooping of walkers and cyclists along the Dandenong Creek Trail, but haven't observed any yet - it's only early though.
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