WaPo: Angry birds: Swooping Australian magpie causes fatal cyclist crash

[lhuerta]

not sure if this was already posted...scary angry birds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...ca2_story.html

B sure to watch embedded video until the end. Lou

[thwart]

That is completely nuts. Watch the video.

And I thought our red-wing blackbirds were bad.

[d_douglas]

Weird. Birds creep me out, to be honest.

[Llewellyn]

Originally Posted by lhuerta

not sure if this was already posted...scary angry birds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...ca2_story.html

B sure to watch embedded video until the end. Lou

They're scared and angry because we keep destroying their habitat so magpies and humans keep getting squeezed closer and closer together. They're only protecting their young and the swooping season last about 6 weeks - it's just a part of riding down here. There are occasional injuries but this is the first death I've heard of.

FWIW magpies have a truly beautiful singing voice.

[saf-t]

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