AUGUST
- # Had a beaut family time in Hunter Valley in early Aug
- # I've been seeng a chiropractor (for my back), Andrea, see photo below
- # I'm back cycling and Fay and I rode 20 km Wednesday on the tandem bike after a long lay-off
- # Dave & Irene Reid are on their way to Canada (next photo)
- # I've just taken on the role of chair of the Pumula Lodge Hostel sub committee and we'll have our first meeting (with me as chair) next Monday
- # brother Bill was named SUPER SENIOR at his golf club in Nanaimo, British Columbia! Unreal! Good onya Bill.
- # MAGPIES ARE ATTACKING CYCLISTS HERE IN DUBBO at a great rate... (see general article below)
Magpie attacks
For most of the year magpies are not aggressive, but for four to six weeks during nesting they will often defend their territory vigorously. People walking past may be seen as 'invaders' of the territory, prompting the magpies to fly low and fast over the person clacking their bills as they pass overhead.
For most of the year magpies are not aggressive, but for four to six weeks during nesting they will often defend their territory vigorously. People walking past may be seen as 'invaders' of the territory, prompting the magpies to fly low and fast over the person clacking their bills as they pass overhead.
The experience of a magpie attack can be quite alarming, but it is usually only a warning. Only occasionally will a bird actually strike the intruder on the head with its beak or claws. If this unusual behaviour persists, there are ways of reducing the risk of physical injury to humans.
If a magpie swoops at you:
Walk quickly and carefully away from the area, and avoid walking there when magpies are swooping.
Make a temporary sign to warn other people.
Magpies are less likely to swoop if you look at them. Try to keep an eye on the magpie, at the same time walking carefully away. [Tricky when you're cycling!] Alternatively, you can draw or sew a pair of eyes onto the back of a hat, and wear it when walking through the area. You can also try wearing your sunglasses on the back of your head. [Yeah, tried that!]
Wear a bicycle or skateboard helmet. Any sort of hat, even a hat made from an ice cream container or cardboard box, will help protect you.
Carry an open umbrella, [on a bike??]or a stick or small branch, above your head but do not swing it at the magpie, as this will only provoke it to attack.
If you are riding a bicycle when the magpie swoops, get off the bicycle and wheel it quickly through the area. Your bicycle helmet will protect your head, and you can attach a tall red safety flag to your bicycle or hold a stick or branch as a deterrent. [Like Evan Elliott does].
If a magpie swoops at you:
Walk quickly and carefully away from the area, and avoid walking there when magpies are swooping.
Make a temporary sign to warn other people.
Magpies are less likely to swoop if you look at them. Try to keep an eye on the magpie, at the same time walking carefully away. [Tricky when you're cycling!] Alternatively, you can draw or sew a pair of eyes onto the back of a hat, and wear it when walking through the area. You can also try wearing your sunglasses on the back of your head. [Yeah, tried that!]
Wear a bicycle or skateboard helmet. Any sort of hat, even a hat made from an ice cream container or cardboard box, will help protect you.
Carry an open umbrella, [on a bike??]or a stick or small branch, above your head but do not swing it at the magpie, as this will only provoke it to attack.
If you are riding a bicycle when the magpie swoops, get off the bicycle and wheel it quickly through the area. Your bicycle helmet will protect your head, and you can attach a tall red safety flag to your bicycle or hold a stick or branch as a deterrent. [Like Evan Elliott does].
Magpies and the law
Magpies are protected throughout NSW, and it is against the law to kill the birds, collect their eggs, or harm their young. If you feel a magpie is a serious menace, it should be reported to the police or the nearest office of the NPWS. PS FAY HATES MAGPIES WHEN SHE'S CYCLING!!!!
Magpies are protected throughout NSW, and it is against the law to kill the birds, collect their eggs, or harm their young. If you feel a magpie is a serious menace, it should be reported to the police or the nearest office of the NPWS. PS FAY HATES MAGPIES WHEN SHE'S CYCLING!!!!
Have you got any advice for Fay????
posted by Keasty @ 6:06 PM
1 Comments:
Great news to hear that your back is on the mend and that you're back on the bike, and the two of you at that.
Bernie and Janice
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