These past seasons we have seen a massive interest in magpie swooping across our national media, be it TV, radio, newspapers or blogs they've all been busy reporting our problematic avian friends. Here's a selection of news stories featuring magpies and magpiealert.
They're here!!! If you're a regular cyclist and you've ridden anywhere in Australia in Spring, you've no doubt been swooped by an angry Magpie protecting his young...
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Australia's "angriest bird", a magpie living along the Woden Valley cycle paths in Canberra, injured 15 people in 12 months, including a cyclist who broke her collarbone after falling off her bike trying to flee its attack...
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It's spring, which means magpie swooping season is upon us again. It's easy to forget after the quiet calm of winter, until you're walking through the park and get accosted by a flurry of feathers...
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Spring in Australia is a double-edged sword. On one hand: Hurrah! Warmer weather! On the other hand: you may lose an eye to a magpie..
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An expert weighs in on ways to avoid marauding maggies protecting their nests..
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If you’ve been swooped by a magpie recently, you’re not alone. Magpie swooping season is upon us and council’s ranger services and rural land management team is urging everyone to stay safe by exercising common sense and taking precautions...
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As spring creeps in, so does the seasonal stress: swooping magpies are back. Whether you’re a cyclist, dog walker, or just someone trying to enjoy the sunshine without being dive-bombed, here’s what you need to know....
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Zip ties? Umbrellas? Talking to magpies? We break down the best ways to avoid swooping magpies this season – and the myths that just won’t go away..
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Several top riders scared by local birds in Wollongong. ‘That’s Australia, apparently,’ says Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel...
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Spring means the birds are singing… and swooping. Here’s what you need to know, and how to protect yourself this swooping season. There are few birds that inspire such seasonal infamy as the Australian magpie...
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A pair of rogue magpies on a leafy street in Sydney’s lower north shore are set to be culled following a spate of attacks and dozens of complaints from residents...
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It may sound like a peculiar thing to shout, especially when you’re referring to another bird, but it is important to take extra care when out and about at this time of year..
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As a terrifying new swooping season is upon us, there are some new resources to protect Aussies from being attacked by aggressive birds..
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Magpie season is upon us. Here are the places to avoid and the ways to protect yourself from being attacked...
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Walkers, runners and cyclists beware - magpie swooping season is upon us...
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They attack from behind, swoop from the sky and can single out victims for repeated bombardments over successive years..
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Public service announcement — magpie swooping season has started!
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When bird breeding season starts in spring and angry magpies start indiscriminately swooping at the innocent - kids, dogs, cyclists - Canberrans may be left wondering whether Hitchcock's nightmares came true.
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While magpies are generally innocent creatures for most of the year, most Australians know that the birds can become particularly vicious when protecting their young..
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IF you like walking or riding your bike and keeping your eyes and scalp intact, we’ve got some bad news for you..
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That’s right — magpie season has started early this year, and the aerial menaces are not ****** around...
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You are out walking on a lovely sunny day when a wooshing noise starts above your head. Woosh, woosh, WOOOSSHHHH
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'Tis the season … to duck. Here's why they’re running rampant and how to avoid them..
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I was invited in to the Channel 9 studio to chat about MagpieAlert.com and tips on how to survive swooping season.
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I was invited in to the Channel 9 studio to chat about MagpieAlert.com.
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It’s a time where we can see summer and the end of the tunnel.. but also comes with fear for many people in Sydney as it’s MAGPIE SEASON...
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TWhen people around the world talk about Australian wildlife, their voices are hushed as they describe the horrific crocodiles, deadly spiders which are the size of human hands..
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THE end of winter means Aussies will no longer need worry about the cold, although it does mark the beginning of a far more dangerous threat...
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A map-based website will see social media users plot locations of swooping magpies nationally to help people safely negotiate this upcoming breeding season..
You may not know this, but there's an annual, bird-related event in Australia that's so hellish it gets it's own name; Magpie Season. This time around however, an interactive map is helping users avoid getting pecked by collating social media data, to document magpie attacks and provide friendly warnings in real time..
WE’RE in for a long magpie-swooping season that could go all the way to Christmas...
After personally being swooped yesterday, it's safe to say that magpie swooping season is among us and the reign of terror has well and truly begun...
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QUEENSLAND'S mild winter could result in one of the longest magpie swooping seasons on record. Griffith University behavioural ecologist Darryl Jones has predicted a bumper mating season for the dive-bombing birds, the Courier-Mail reports...
A WOMAN narrowly escaped serious injury after a dive-bombing bird pecked her near the eye in St Kilda last week..
SPRING has sprung and so have magpies who swoop cyclists, joggers and walkers at this time of year in the mistaken belief people pose a danger to their newly born nesting offspring.
A string of playground attacks has left several children injured – one nearly losing an eye – after being pecked by a magpie on the Central Coast, with doctors are urging parents to be vigilant. Amanda Abate reports.
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To better prepare Canberrans for the nesting season, ACT Parks and Conservation has released a video outlining tips and advice on how best to avoid being swooped...
Two TV news interviews for MagpieAlert in one day! New Australian research shows magpies recognise their victims and have favourites to attack. Paul Dowsley reports.
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Research from Griffith University Associate Professor Jones has revealed what many have long feared - magpies pick on particular people.
We had the pleasure of taking part of a radio interview with Paul Turton ABC Radio Newcastle where we discussed magpiealert.com.
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