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swooped.....lightly

To: Stuart Harris <>
Subject: swooped.....lightly
From: Graham Gall <>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:01:59 +0000
Yes this year in Lyons my wife and I have been regularly swooped while walking  
in Lyons on Melrose Drive near the underpass by a very aggressive Noisy Minor.

Cheers
Graham

> On 28 Oct 2020, at 12:05 am, Stuart Harris <> wrote:
> 
> Hi COG,
> 
> Been a while, though today on my bike ride I encountered a couple of avian 
> events worth sharing. Firstly, not 200m from home, I thought my helmet 
> clipped some tree foliage lightly, so kept riding, another 10m and same 
> again, no tree! Where's the magpie? The third swoop, like clockwork, was 
> light again and this time I saw the culprit: A Red Wattlebird! Its fourth 
> attempt was foiled as I turned around at the lights where it was bearing down 
> on me from 180° to my rear. Last year I was swooped by a Pied Currawong near 
> Lake Ginninderra so these admirable protective efforts are not confined to 
> the infamous Australian Magpie. Has anyone had other experiences of local 
> swooping from other species?
> Secondly, riding (slowly) uphill through CSIRO, I heard the indicative 
> raucous of birds chasing off a raptor. The raptor was a Little Eagle which 
> perched high in the old pines near the National Soil Archives.
> 
> Regards
> Stuart Harris
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