I’d captured the exact moment a large and angry bird had swooped me! It was November 2023, and it suddenly dawned on me that magpie swooping ... near where the attack happened.

Flight: relatively slow, with steady, rowing wingbeats, but the birds are easily able to quickly change direction in flight. Magpies usually swoop up or down to perch. While monotypic, birds in ...

Magpie attacks were not related to the birds being aggressive, but rather to them protecting their nests, she said. "Some people are terrified by it, but the intention is not to hit you ...

They are noisy when alarmed — such when a cat or bird of prey is nearby. Magpies can look tailless during moult or after escaping an attack by a predator such as a cat. Tip of the Week ...

Former Port Adelaide star Houston returns from suspension while the Magpies will bolster their own attack, with Tim Membrey and Lachie Sullivan back in. The Bombers have called upon veteran ruck ...