With many Blackbirds in my area I have seen them swoop cats getting to close
but never humans.
Terry Bishop
Orange NSW
-------Original Message-------
From: Penny Brockman
Date: 20/09/2006 11:23:03 AM
To: Trevor Hampel
Cc: Birding-Aus
Subject: Do Blackbirds swoop humans?
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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