Magpies :(

The magpies seem to be swooping earlier this year.  Sunday morning I was swooped by three different magpies near Nelson Rd.  Today swooped by another on Salisbury Highway.  Does anyone have a good way to prevent being swooped?

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Permalink Reply by Iordan Kostadinov on August 25, 2011 at 13:19
Permalink Reply by Stephen Battye on August 25, 2011 at 13:42

That was hilarious!  But I can't see myself wearing a big hair wig over my helmet...lol.  But maybe a helmet cover that takes away the shine might work.

Permalink Reply by Martin Turner on August 25, 2011 at 14:04

ROFL.....

Permalink Reply by VOD on September 9, 2011 at 11:32

I think Simon was the first to sport this look at the Mad Hatters Ride :)

 

picture is here

 

Permalink Reply by Gus K on August 25, 2011 at 14:08

The best way is to avoid them! Fill out the 2011 swoop map on this site and share!

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Champion on August 25, 2011 at 14:30

Bullets!!

Permalink Reply by Kara T on August 25, 2011 at 15:28

Had my first swooping this morning, will put it on the map ASAP :)

Permalink Reply by David Bowler on August 25, 2011 at 22:47

Yeh I saw that Adelaide Cyclists and the swoop map got a mention in the paper the other day.  I was planning on suggesting you put a more prominent link on the home page for anyone who read the paper and went looking for it, but it's probably a bit late now.

Permalink Reply by Mike Brisco on August 25, 2011 at 14:44

In the UK,   if you went near a fulmar's nest, it did the same.

It would dive-bomb you from 8 m up,  then at the last second,  release a big dollop of birdsh*t and pull out of the dive . The s*it kept travelling,  though, (momentum! Inertia!) fast, in a straight line. Straight into the middle of your chest,  embedding itself in your woollen sweater. 

Fulmars nested on cliffs and small islands, so the number of cyclists affected, was small.

Permalink Reply by Paul Mark on August 25, 2011 at 14:59
Permalink Reply by Andrew Prior on August 25, 2011 at 15:15

Classic!

Permalink Reply by Andrew Prior on August 25, 2011 at 15:14

I use cable ties. Looks as dorky as hell, but seems to work. They don't like swooping into them and so just stay over head and swear at you. That said, some of them work out how to come in low under neath the ties. But it's not that common.

http://onemansweb.org/bikes/magpies-and-cable-ties-again.html

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