Well we are defenitly still in magpie swooping time.

As l was walking home from the shops, (i have to walk up hill all the way and it can be a very hot and tiring walk in summer because there is no shade) a magpie flew out directly in frount of me, i was walking up on the right side foot path.

On the other side of the road was a man and his son on a double push bike riding up our steep hill (i dont know how he was doing it), when the magpie that flew in frount of me flew across the road and pecked the man in the head.
Lucky for him he had a bike helmet on and so did his young son. I dont know if the colour of the helmet made the magpie swoop as it was white, or the bird flet his young was in danger.
Magpie swooping starts here in late September and runs until the first week or so of November.
So, never stare at a magpie. |