Dear all
I've had a lot of experience with blackbirds, mainly when living in Surrey,
Hampshire and London, UK. I've never been swooped. When disturbing near
nests, they usually fly off making their loud danger calls.
On 9/19/06, Trevor Hampel <> wrote:
Hi there birders,
I had an interesting question on my birding blog yesterday. A reader
from Adelaide asked "Do Blackbirds swoop people?"
I had to reply no - not in my experience and I've never heard of anyone
else experiencing or seeing this. A search on the net revealed nothing.
A read through the entry on Blackbirds in HANZAB has no mention of such
behaviour.
Does anyone have any comments on this?
As a result of this question I have written an article on my birding
blog about aggressive behaviour in birds and how to deal with it if it
is directed at humans. I would invite readers of Birding-Aus to read the
article and comment in the comments section. Thanks in anticipation.
The link is
http://www.trevorsbirding.com/do-blackbirds-swoop-how-to-deal-with-aggressive-bird-behaviour/
Happy birding - and don't forget to duck that swooping magpie!!
Trevor
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South Australia
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