In 2004-05 I lived on the border of Fitzroy near the intersection of
Alexander Parade and Nicholson Street. There was a male Magpie-lark that
would regularly swoop me but only when I was wearing a black vinyl jacket.
>From memory it was most aggressive during winter so it may not have been a
breeding season territorial thing- but as it never attacked me when I was
wearing any other jacket I suspect that it was more a comment on my fashion
choices.
Sean Dooley
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From:
On Behalf Of Peter Shute
Sent: Friday, 22 June 2007 9:42 AM
To: Gil Langfield; Birding Aus
Subject: Magpie Lark(?) Attacking Children in
theMelbourneSuburbs
I did hear of someone being swooped on by one around there sometime in
the last year. From memory it was near Argyle Square in Carlton, but I
could be wrong. This person was apparently singled out from a crowd of
people, perhaps because he was the tallest.
Peter Shute
wrote on Thursday, 21 June 2007 5:47
PM:
> A neighbour reported to me that her children have been
> attacked by a black-and-white bird smaller than a magpie at a
> very busy corner in the Melbourne inner suburb of Fitzroy.
> She says that other people have been attacked recently in the
> same place (in the middle of a cold winter period) and that
> the bird "goes for the eyes".
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