swooped.....lightly

[Martin Butterfield <>]

Some years ago a Noisy Friarbird had a red hot go at me on Mount Rogers.  That was stroppy enough to have an official sign.  

Also some years ago, a Brown Goshawk on Black Mountain near Rani Rd was notorious in the running community.  It actually landed on a friend's shoulder and pecked at her head.

Martin Butterfield

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On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 at 06:03, Graham Gall <> wrote:

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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