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Magpie
This bird is common throughout Australia and best
known for its melodious song, typically heard at dawn. They also
have a nasty habit of swooping on unsuspecting visitors that come
too close to their nests during the nesting season from August to
October. A 51 year old man was cycling across Tom's Bridge north of Morwel in Melbourne and crashed his bicycle after a magpie attacked him. An ambulance took him to the Latrobe Regional Hospital where he remained with serious head injuries in a critical condition. A year before a 74 year old Mildura man died after a magpie attack in which he received a serious eye injury. If you want to minimize the risk of being attacked riding your
bike around Melbourne, there is a website step-hen.com/magpie
where you can find where the magpies nest and avoid these places. Are you a bird enthusiast? Write the magpie page for us! ![]() |
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