Magpies.....save or shoot them?
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...g-season-sets-in/story-fnihsrf2-1227539453499
Magpie danger zones outlined as swooping season sets in
September 23, 2015 12:00am
RHIAN DEUTROMThe Courier-Mail
IF THIS has been your view while walking or riding around Brisbane recently a magpie coming at you youre not alone.
Queensland is in the grip of magpie swooping season, with the territorial birds attacking residents from South Brisbane to Browns Plains.
Breeding season runs between July and December but families have reported an alarming rise in territorial behaviour this month.
Brisbane City Councils Environment, Parks and Sus*tainability chairman Matthew Bourke has urged locals to exercise caution when *approaching magpie nests.
Cr Bourke said: Magpies are most active through September while chicks are in their nests. To protect their young from potential threats, they are known to swoop from up to 100m from their nest, so it is important that residents practise correct safety precautions when around known magpie hot-spots.
mapiealert.com reports there have been 3011 attacks across the country so far. Above are some of Brisbanes danger zones.
A magpie-attack website mapped 10 incidents in suburbs such as South Brisbane, Cleveland and Browns Plains yesterday alone, with a serious attack in Acacia Ridge causing injury.
An eight-year-old girl was reportedly attacked by a magpie while cycling with her mother in Hamilton on Sunday, sustaining a huge bleeding cut to her cheek.
Another child was scratched on the cheek at a Bray Park playground.
Louise Mallon, from Ascot, said her daughter Emma, 10, was attacked this week.
Every time we have been out this week, Emma has been attacked the birds are relentless and just keep swooping, Ms Mallon said.
Cr Bourke said: Council has installed warning signage in a number of known magpie nesting areas.
However, the best way to ensure we coexist with our native wildlife is to raise awareness about magpies natural behaviours during breeding season.
Magpies are more likely to swoop in *response to behaviour such as yelling, waving or objects being thrown at them.
The city council has received 31 official reports of magpies swooping since August.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...g-season-sets-in/story-fnihsrf2-1227539453499
Magpie danger zones outlined as swooping season sets in
September 23, 2015 12:00am
RHIAN DEUTROMThe Courier-Mail
IF THIS has been your view while walking or riding around Brisbane recently a magpie coming at you youre not alone.
Queensland is in the grip of magpie swooping season, with the territorial birds attacking residents from South Brisbane to Browns Plains.
Breeding season runs between July and December but families have reported an alarming rise in territorial behaviour this month.
Brisbane City Councils Environment, Parks and Sus*tainability chairman Matthew Bourke has urged locals to exercise caution when *approaching magpie nests.
Cr Bourke said: Magpies are most active through September while chicks are in their nests. To protect their young from potential threats, they are known to swoop from up to 100m from their nest, so it is important that residents practise correct safety precautions when around known magpie hot-spots.
mapiealert.com reports there have been 3011 attacks across the country so far. Above are some of Brisbanes danger zones.
A magpie-attack website mapped 10 incidents in suburbs such as South Brisbane, Cleveland and Browns Plains yesterday alone, with a serious attack in Acacia Ridge causing injury.
An eight-year-old girl was reportedly attacked by a magpie while cycling with her mother in Hamilton on Sunday, sustaining a huge bleeding cut to her cheek.
Another child was scratched on the cheek at a Bray Park playground.
Louise Mallon, from Ascot, said her daughter Emma, 10, was attacked this week.
Every time we have been out this week, Emma has been attacked the birds are relentless and just keep swooping, Ms Mallon said.
Cr Bourke said: Council has installed warning signage in a number of known magpie nesting areas.
However, the best way to ensure we coexist with our native wildlife is to raise awareness about magpies natural behaviours during breeding season.
Magpies are more likely to swoop in *response to behaviour such as yelling, waving or objects being thrown at them.
The city council has received 31 official reports of magpies swooping since August.
