The Worst Magpies I've Ever Encountered! Double Attacks! 🚲🦅🦅🇦🇺

[@TonyWestAU]

Thanks!

[@gplama]

Thanks for the 10er Tony. And for being a channel member!👌🏼

[@mawkernewek]

The real reason Australia went in for a compulsory cycle helmet law.

[@glennoc8585]

That's a strong argument for it.

[@RJE1986]

Makes me glad for the Magpies we have here in the UK! Ours just sit there cross eyed thinking “what’s this silly human doing”

[@TonyWestAU]

Thanks for taking the hits for us Shane. And agree, never seen them partnering up before.

[@alexanderkoch4830]

In Australia everything is trying to kill you...even the birds.

[@-paulmp]

No, in Australia everything *can* kill you, but doesn't want to... where as the stuff that does want to kill you, can't.

[@vladdracul5072]

Cyclists are fair game everywhere, not just in Australia. And not just for magpies.

[@dadofthree28]

Back in 2003, mate and I were in Perth for the rugby world cup. We went to watch WA vs a touring SA team. On our walk across a park to the ground a viscous magpie (2m wingspan at least) strated to attack like this video. I sprinted at top speed across the park to get away, but it got me and drew blood on my head! My mate says it's the funniest thing he's seen and still laughs about it now! Me....not so much! 🙂

[@glennoc8585]

Things can seem physically distorted under stress. A 2m wingspan for a magpie would be teradactyl

[@normandiebryant6989]

Awww, they're cute, fabulous and very musical. :)

[@-paulmp]

We have a couple on the route I usually ride, I started feeding them... they don't swoop me at all now, yet continue to swoop other riders. Win them over if you are a regular on a route of theirs.

[@garyclarke9685]

Will make absolutely no difference with me as they hate me

[@-paulmp]

@@garyclarke9685 Magpies are pretty clever and hold grudges, same as crows... they also teach their young who to trust. The ones that live near me bring their young to our back door to be fed.

[@garyclarke9685]

@@-paulmp interesting point about teaching their young who not to trust. I still hate then & always will

[@whackosmack3636]

When I was young there was an old indigenous fellow who would tell us about the animals. When he described why magpies attacked he had my friends and I in stitches telling us,"He attacks ya because he's got kids on the way and he comes to get ya to protect the missus and kids,he's telling you GET THE FARK OUTTA HERE YOU C*NTS I LIVE HERE AND YOU COME NEAR MY HOUSE AND MY LADY'S BABIES I'LL FARK YOU C*NTS UP, feed em he'll leave you little fellas alone and he'll be your friend"

[@darrenhaines1]

I like how you seem to have a helmet specifically for Magpie video recording

[@seanpie5481]

That video made my day. Hilarious. “I think they’ve warmed to me aaaaaahhhh faaak!”

[@jamesmckinney9639]

This needs to be a new short Strava segment called Magpie's attack.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I have thirty magpies living in a tree near me and they have never swooped anyone that I am aware of. They will fly past me at speed but only going about their business not attacking.

[@tadroid3858]

This was awesome! Thanks. I was searching for Collingwood videos, but this was even better! Go Pies!!

[@gplama]

2023 premiers? 🏆

[@timodoherty2361]

And the pair are back this year - 2023, was hit about 4 times today and I was was popped on as well

[@gplama]

I was out there today too. I have a ton of footage of them cracking me on the head.

[@markbentley4343]

My annual KZbin highlight. Thanks Shane 👍

[@paulcoffey359]

I'm always terrified I'll unwillingly move into the path of traffic, in an effort to avoid attack. Still, it's always great fun watching others bear the indignity.

[@ozziejed]

Nicely done, Shane. Our cat's favourite video now.

[@WorldLandscapeArchitecture]

I got struck last week on the ear drawing blood whilst riding the Moonee Ponds Creek trail. There are two about 2km apart, thankfully there are paths on both sides of the creek and for some reason they don't cross over the creek.

[@stevep2430]

I have them waiting at my back door waiting to be fed, have no problems with them. Guess they know the hand that feeds them.😁

[@jollyroger1009]

I'm getting dive-bombed by NZ magpies out on my running track at the moment 😂. They're very smart, but defending their nest so salute to them. But all the same I return fire by discus throwing a handful of stones at them. At least they know I'm attacking back!

[@vietnguyen4312]

There is a tag team in Balliang (not far from you) that are nasty. One of them ripped the light off my helmet which landed on the road. Then both perched around my light daring me to go back and pick it up. I never went back. lol

[@JuggernautMTB]

Love these. I wait all year for your annual Magpie encounter videos. They’re humorous and coincide with my mental shift from road to mountain biking. Fall in the north east US is the absolute best time to be on the trails. Apologies for the “schadenfreude”. 😊

[@gplama]

It's all good. It's a great time of year here. It means summer is on the way.

[@u3962521]

give a thought to those who have been killed as a result of a magpie attack or made quadraplegic. there are quite a few

[@daelpixphotography]

The only scary scenario was when I was cycling along a canal (I'm in the UK). I saw a mute swan ahead of me showing me its aggresive posture because it had young. As I cycled past it, the bloody thing started chasing after me. I fully pelted it along the canal as fast as my legs could carry me while the swan was flying behind above the water......It taught me a lesson not to cycle along the canal in the breeding season.

[@g4rymw110]

And there’s me thinking , snakes,insects and huntsman spiders were the only thing to worry about in Australia , the magpie swoop should be the next bushtucker challenge on I’m a celebrity get me out of here , I feel guilty for laughing Shane but it was a great video 😄👍🏼

[@gplama]

Getting swooped can be a scary experience. Watching someone else get swooped is always hilarious! 🤣

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

Huntsman are harmless, research the funnel web spider. But getting swooped isn't fun.

[@g4rymw110]

@@chrisvanbuggenum871 yes I can image, I’ve been swooped by big seagulls over here in UK not on the bike just working by their nest , it was Shane’s reaction and comments made me laugh , I did say I felt guilty , Huntsman just look too scary 😀

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

@@g4rymw110 yeah i had huntsmen inside my bedroom. Not dangerous but boy i wanted it outta there! Your seagulls swoop!? Ours don't!

[@g4rymw110]

@@chrisvanbuggenum871 if your working by their nest yes the seagulls swoop and are aggressive had to stand with a brush to stop them swooping my work colleague whilst he fixed the roof , I was his bodyguard armed with a brush 😄

[@henhousecycling3916]

Magpie activity and incident maps are a great guide... For myself, I just avoid those areas until nesting season is finished.

[@garyclarke9685]

Yeah magpie alert is an informative website the problem is when the season begins one doesn't know much about where & when attacks happen not at first.

[@diracflux]

Shane, you are a magpie magnet.

[@DCCSound]

After the first swoop I raise my hand in the air above my head and they seem to stay away when they'd normally come back a couple of times. Also riding solo seems to make it worse.

[@k.l.7755]

Nice job man! Fav KZbinr this year, hahahaha!

[@bro031]

I’m guessing their nest is in that big gumtree on the edge of the track and they only swoop from mid August to late September which is their breeding season and they become protective of their nesting sites.

[@garyclarke9685]

Your dead wrong it is now the last week of October & I'm still getting attacked left right & centre & expect too for a while yet & now I'm dealing with peewee birds

[@jamesturner9858]

You should call them Heckle and Jeckle…. It’s a old school cartoon from the 60’s or 70’s about 2 magpies. Was very funny

[@Steve-cc8zg]

If tomorrow there was suddenly a game expansion named "GTA V - Magpie edition", you'd be the one person playing, standing in the middle of an intersection with a minigun, mowing everything down with feathers. And I'd watch that stream.

[@andrewmcalister3462]

Is there a helmet mount for a Stinger surface to air missile?

[@winnerplayzball]

I love how ur yelling eff off while u entered into their area on purpose! 😂😂😂

[@davidweisz3338]

Do Varia-like radars detect them? And does the flashing light deter them? So much science to be done!

[@Kim_Miller]

I have a flashing red light on the rear of my helmet and was swooped last week. Since then I've taped trailing ribbons of silver bird scare tape onto the helmet, which has been shown to limit how close they are prepared to swoop. Swoop season has just begun and will continue until Oct/November.

[@ZioComposite]

Wow, the bike radar needs a magpie update

[@itsdeebs5156]

Kinda miss the old Bunninyong Bomber. Was great at going head on. Not seen him the last few years

[@SipRodgers]

This is hilarious, bro just taking the hits like nothing 😂

[@abbeycat6425]

Man, two magpies at once. I’ve never known two for the price of one before! And people underestimate how fast they can fly. We used to gallop our horses through a magpie swooping area on my friend farm for fun, and the maggies kept up with us.

[@PaylayWuffs]

I had no clue magpies did this until watching a Bluey episode "Curry Quest" and i had to pause the episode to come see it for real. Wow, wild.

[@SantiLawson]

Maggies actually super cute dooodeess..they way their comes to you when feeding time..their wings so flaps and flaps happy for treat treat..

[@johnhlee1181]

same color, speed, gopro's eye, wings? funniest bicycle video in this year !!

[@dugldoo]

In the USA from Kansas to Texas and across the Gulf states we have similar pesky attacks from Mississippi kites (see KZbin, "Mississippi kite attacks"). They come at ya with their talons flashing. At such times I'm thankful for my cycling helmet.

[@KSmithwick1989]

Being from South Texas, good thing Caracara don't attack like this. They're basically hawks with a 4 ft wingspan and huge beaks.

[@iffy_too4289]

Ive got googley eyes on the back of my helmets to try and put off the maggies. The only one that didnt care last year was the ferocious one outside Bendigo Tafe tradies campus

[@shelljw]

B1 & B2 were the names of my cats - not black cat 1 and black cat 2 but Bastard 1 & Bastard 2 lol

[@alleywatch22]

When I was boy we encountered these magpies on the local golf course, hence the trusty 5 iron was swung around the head for protection.

[@KaushikNSanji]

Should try using Scarecrow on the back or on the helmet to check if it really works!

[@garyclarke9685]

Haha I actually use a magpie made of plastic

[@robertblacquiere9508]

I just noticed a “new” building next to the road. Maybe the builders disturbed the birds and now are super protective and attack any one near their nest or favorite tree.

[@ltdeditioncobba6382]

I ride an Escooter and I have to ride through a family of 7 magpies on my way to and from work every day. They go absolutely crazy trying to hurt me but I have a full face MX helmet so now they can't get me 🎉

[@lonestar6709]

I sometimes think I'd like to live in Australia. Then I remember even the birds are trying to kill you! Rainy Blighty ain't so bad!

[@Falkirion]

Every time I get swooped all I can think is "Must go faster"

[@Wllptr]

Does the meal worms help?

[@uzi17]

would be good to see you try out some cable ties and other suggestions out there on helmet and test it here to see if they make any difference

[@kapuzinergruft]

Watch out for the dropping funnel web spiders, that is the dangerous bit 😢

[@JohnClowes724]

Garmin definitely needs to update Varia for notification of approaching birds

[@byrnze1710]

Feel your pain mate! Some plovers double teamed me this morning.

[@throx]

Plovers are five times worse than Magpies.

[@technocynic]

scary as they can be, the key thing is not to panic. someone died recently when they panicked and crashed. not the first time either. the magpie might draw blood but it won't kill you if you don't panic

[@gplama]

The ones that don’t make contact are fine. The full contact ones are harder to keep calm with. 🤣😱

[@technocynic]

@@gplama yeah, I said that for other people's benefit. you obviously know it as you boldly venture into the strike zone

[@brentsword2240]

And wear eye protection. A few years back a local person ended in hospital with eye damage (permeant i think) after being struck with claws. Note this was from a magpie that was begging for food aggressively after other people had started feeding it. So for all you who think feeding a wild animal is okay perhaps think again.

[@kymriley8619]

Trouble is when you don't know they are about.

[@CJ_JAMO]

We got on last year that swooped June-December, and that was not normal. I got hit hard and that one was extremely territorial

[@justincurran1309]

Be kind to those Magpies 🤣Not the Collingwood variety though!

[@markissboi3583]

Aussie air def these will scare them away if they get thru always the drop bears & fighting roos def xd

[@kodyandrewmaxwell3580]

Jason Devlin, the ruthless animal hunter and the main villain of _Raccoons of the Forest,_ got his left eye pecked and blinded by a magpie. He survived at the West Virginia hospital, only to have a scar on his blind left eye.

[@sabaffira]

Shane, can you do this again with cable ties on your helmet?

[@gplama]

Maybe.

[@chrisquick7596]

I give em a spray with the water bottle over the shoulder, stops then right quick, also works for dogs

[@hailster1998]

Why I’m staying inside riding my smart trainer 😂😂

[@neon3690]

You need a magpie radar.

[@lexington476]

1:21 Star Wars reference :), B1 and B2 Battle Droids :).

[@timspicer875]

B1 and b2 are an Aussie reference to bananas in Pyjamas.. hilarious that it is a Star Wars ref too

[@andyg9991]

My helmet got hit so hard late last season I thought a branch fell out of a tree and hit me! When I looked at the Fly6 footage, the bastard took off out of a tree and then flew on the outside of the row of trees that lined the road and hit me 500m away from where he took off.

[@pookiesoupie]

that sounds wild! those birds most definitely pack a punch do they!

[@BarcaAudio]

Just got swooped this morning went for a run. It never stopped chasing me lol. I have a cut on my left cheek but alive😅

[@davidfarquhar3917]

I think you just made it on to the BBC with a magpie video!

[@chrizzymoorey11]

I, a UK Pom, love the Fluty Warble of the Auzzie Magpies compared to the harsh garble of our noisy Mahpies. I guess you either "love em or hate em"

[@stephencharles6932]

We have a lovely family of magpies in our residence. Plus a few cats. You know when a cat is about, the noise of alarm calls and flying about and pestering th3 cats is huge and goes on and on until said cat moves along!

[@dannisan77]

The magpies swoop because they're trying to defend their babies which is why they try to attack in the spring time that same time when raising their young ones.

[@plumbgray]

We have the same thing with Seagulls in the UK 🇬🇧

[@JeremyLawrence-imajez]

Your best video yet.

[@tryscience]

What's the best way to cook magpie pie?

[@Aquaboy11]

We used to wear plastic ice cream containers with eyes drawn on the back ….. it worked Bahaha

[@olliegrave7229]

i rode at the end of October in canterbury nz, and i was getting swooped around 4 times an hour. it was the most horrible experience.

[@garyclarke9685]

You have my sympathy,they make my life a misery not for 1 not 2 but 3 months of the year then other varieties of birds get in on the action. I'm sick of it

[@juancagampang4620]

I know this sounds silly, but what about putting 'eyes' on the back of your helmet? They did essentially that in India and tiger attacks on people went down. I wish someone would try test this...I'm super curious.

[@lethal0000]

Yeah that works, or if you're brave enough to make eye contact with them yourself, most will not swoop.

[@Nae395]

Thanks Shane was attached today had both ears ripped apart , blood everywhere

[@seanl3668]

I waited all year for the famous GPLama magpie video xD

[@ianomeara3963]

Riding out of little river there are 3 that sit and wait for you

[@u3962521]

why are there not road signs "warning magpie ahead" ?

[@michaelbigarelli2197]

Does a blinking light on your helmet deter them ? Impressive coordination

[@gplama]

No

[@mikeprytherch8875]

Shame it’s not up to us to get angry… you love getting angry 😂😂😂

[@puppy969]

Lol. Put some signs up with pictures of the magpies attacking you.

[@crossroads4762]

I'll be riding that track again on my Melbourne to Adelaide ride this Xmas. Fond memories of 2017, zero magpies.

[@glennoc8585]

Magpies only swoop during breeding season so by December it would be rare to get swooped.

[@WillPower46]

I found that a red flashing LED on the back of the helmet stops them from making contact.

[@Kim_Miller]

I have a red flashing light on the rear of my helmet and was swooped and pecked on my ear last week. You must have better trained maggies. 🙂

[@collectivesartori]

Already? Geez Ballarat Maggie’s don’t muck around…. 😳

[@eternaldrive]

Apparently it's less than 10% of male magpies that swoop and It's only when there are chicks in the nest.

[@gplama]

I somehow find all of the 10% on each ride. 🤣

[@garyclarke9685]

Yeah I don't buy that 10% I get relentless attacks nonstop

[@jesikat]

What are those buttons on your helmet for?

[@gplama]

It has Bluetooth speakers/mic built into the helmet. Maybe I should short the battery across the entire helmet and zap these birds! (and zapping myself in the process.... for the 2nd time this week)

[@-P-Z-]

Had experienced magpie attack earlier today as well. Not as fierce though.

[@andrewyeah3143]

God damn these mongrel birds. I am a cyclist living in far western Sydney and get attacked every year. And now just out of nowhere in the last 2 years, there are now plovers that nest in the area the same time as the magpies and they also attack. Ffs

[@timspicer875]

Hilarious…great video..laughed our aloud but feel your pain mate ..you need to go back with some eyes drawn on your helmet to see if they are spooked

[@philipp_juede]

Have you ever tried a yellow helmet and red jersey, for example? Now you are looking more or less like them ;-) all black and white.... They might recognise you as one of them🙂

[@rickbeckner9906]

Did they show up on your Varia??? 😂

[@gplama]

Nope :(

[@stevenbeck5746]

My 2 cent opinion is that swooping Magpies have gone Psychopathic. I have been amongst many many Magpies and they have been very friendly. Having said that I have been swooped by 2. One in the Blue Mountains. The other was rather strange. Living in Hillsdale , my wife worked in SouthPort Shopping Centre and she came home telling my that a magpie started swooping everyone at the entrance. So I went over and sure enough a magpie swooped but then flew on the lower branch of a tree. I just stared at it in the eyes and told it off. Never swooped anyone after that. LOL. Magpie Whisperer.

[@stephenbetley9596]

Tag Team Terror! Tabloid version.😀

[@glennoc8585]

That same magpie from previous years has recruited his family members to get that " guy off KZbin. Just when we get over this crappy winter the magpies come onboard.

[@NoelSlevin]

Ah, it’s that time of year again.

[@dominicbritt]

Does helmet colour make a difference? Noticed your helmet is black and white 🤣 Thats GoPro is really taking one for the team!

[@gplama]

Rick (the other guy getting bombed by these birds) has a black helmet. Same issue. I think these magpies will swoop anything.

[@nicholaskeur]

Anyone been done by Noisy Miners, Iv'e got one on my regular route that's as aggressive as magpies, and will come at you front on as well

[@jay6817]

That's a first for me. Never seen two of 'em go at people, and cyclic like they've strategised this in detail, and formed a successful partnership (as it's males). They must have tri fold the success of rearing their young.

[@bobinjc]

It would be cool to see the Magpies attack in slow motion.

[@gplama]

I'll grab some footage at 120fps one day when the sun comes out.