So what is a Magpie Attack all about …???? Forums > Regional Cycling Forums > Australia and New Zealand > Magpie Attacks. Mountain bikers are being dive bombed by over-protective magpie parents in Timaru's Scenic Reserve. Discussion in 'Australia and New Zealand' started by Felice Scapin, Sep 24, 2005. If you've ever seen a magpie turn its head to the side while walking across grass, it's probably homing in on the location of its lunch. A North Canterbury woman is warning people to keep an eye on the skies after being left startled and bloodied by a magpie attack. In a video supplied to 9News, the bird repeatedly swoops a child riding a bike at Claremont Meadows Park. Magpies can hear the sound of grubs and worms under the ground. Magpie attacks are always directed at the head. There are actually many species of magpie, but most of the rumours centre on Eurasian magpies ().In … "Attacked twice cycling north, just helmet hits. ( thanks to VORB.CO.NZ and a camera in the back of the helmet of a cyclist cruising down a country road at about 40 Kph – … Magpie Alert warns that injuries tend to occur when cyclists fall off their bikes during an attack, like the man in Wollongong. The incidents have mostly occurred on the top track along a … Last Friday, Wendy Victoria Hati filmed a magpie attack in Sydney's west. Their weapons of choice are a closed beak or open claws, or they bite and leave two fine cuts where the skin has been pinched and sliced. A handful of people had already logged being swooped by the Nicholson Park bird on Magpie Alert, a website that tracks magpie attacks around Australia. Page 5 of ... Just to let everyone know of a simple solution that actually works on Magpie attack. The call bird should be housed in a cage, such as an old possum trap or a cat transport cage, mounted hard against the magpie trap. 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