Species that have swooped me

["Philip Veerman" <>]

I've had most of them (not Red Wattlebird), without thinking too hard, I can add, at their nest: Peregrine Falcon, Silver Gull, Willie Wagtail, Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird (that one bit me in the face)...... Black Swan, Cape Barren Goose in terrestrial attack and, on being attacked by an Emu I have been forced to escape by climbing up a tree and being stuck there for 30 minutes, whilst it walked around the tree, when I was near the nest (back in 1977). Some owls are good at this too but I haven't had that.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ace Frawley [
Sent: Wednesday, 31 December 2014 4:45 PM
To: Cog line
Subject: [canberrabirds] Species that have swooped me

I was swooped by a Noisy Friarbird today as I paused to watch it feeding its young in the nest.  This is the first time I've been swooped by this species, which got me thinking of all those which have.  I'm sure others will have more, but for me, so far, this is the list of birds that I can remember swooping me:

Australian Magpie

Masked Lapwing

Brown  Goshawk

Pied Currawong

Dusky Woodswallow

Red Wattlebird

Noisy Friarbird

Noisy Miner

I would be interested in hearing what encounters others have had.