Swooping Magpies and Swooping Crop Dusters // Springtime in Australia 🌼🚲🦅
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- It's that time of year again! Australian magpies are nesting and will attack almost anything within a few hundred meters of their nests. They'll swoop without provocation targeting cyclists, pedestrians, even other animals if they think they're a threat. Some of my previous magpie swooping footage has been used by the Australian Museum in Sydney and extensively in the media this time each year.
GPLama Magpie Photos: bit.ly/3juC05y
Cameras:
Hand Held: GoPro HERO 9 amzn.to/3jreVRp
Helmet Camera: amzn.to/3CcFFhh
Six Tips for Dealing with Swooping Magpies:
1 - If you're in a group, don't ride at the back. Let someone else take the hit! :)
2 - Cover your ears - They love a good ear scratch.
3 - Cover your neck - Another scratch zone.
4 - Sunglasses - Although they almost always attack from behind. Protect them anyway.
6 - Make eye contact - They won't swoop or come too close if you're looking at them.
6 - Raise a hand - That's usually all it'll take to keep them off your back, literally.
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You are braver than most of us mate! It’s a bit like being hit in the balls. When it’s not actually happening to you it’s bloody hilarious 😆.
I was a spotter 'target' for a cropduster once. Stand at the fence and wave a flag, the pilot lines me up head high at 100mph, walk ten paces, do it again. Exciting stuff!! There is a Maggie at the Smythesdale footy ground that just crashes into your head without warning, i know it is there but still scares the crap out of me every time. Good vids of the beady eyed little buggers.
"This is a training ride for both of us," then "Thanks, mate - see you tomorrow." :) A lot of us are feeling a bit isolated these days, and personally I've always preferred birds and planes and just about anything to humans, so whatever it takes... That made my day anyway, Shane - great fun! :)
Shane you always impress me - now I learn you have nerves of steel.
It scared me once….. I had to beep that out! 🤣
Australia seems like such a magical place.
Strangely this put a smile on my face.
The crop duster is so cool. I’m a bit envious!
There was one magpie on my walking trail that would exclusively swoop me and ignore everybody else, up until recently when I introduced him to a long, sticky friend of mine, and then we both agreed he wouldn't swoop me anymore :)
Thanks for sharing, that was fun!
The go pro footage is fantastic. They have come a long way in the last few years especially the stabilisation!
Shane, I have stopped riding outside this time of the year. I live in Ballarat as well. I had a scary experience last because of this sudden magpie sweeping. I don’t have a heart to try it again this year. You are a brave man 😄
North By Northwest....Shane remake 🛫 🚴♂️
Funniest YT video this week‼️ You managed to squeeze in two Hitchcock's classical movies: "The Birds" and "North by Northwest" 😆
Yes i was thinking the same.
One of your best films yet! Gorgeous countryside down there. Awesome picture quality too. These are the adventures you can ONLY have on a bicycle.
Glad you enjoyed it
Magpies are weird, I was feeding my local Magpies some scraps yesterday and they flew up into the nests in the trees across the road. They never attack those that feed them or even live locally as they recognise faces. A stranger walking up the street could and no doubt would get dive bombed.
Ive ridden wearing a black helmet and a black jersey with two white stripe found the back and when riding with a mate he got swooped but not me. He had a team jersey quite bright colours and a white helmet. I'm thinking that maybe darker colours and a white accent makes you look less obvious and maybe more magpie 🙄
Loved the way the kask so much I just got one , and it’s bird proof!!!!!👍
My favourite part is the deadpan face as the bastards swoop in for you!
I lived in Sydney for 8 years and this was one of the very first things I was warned about, yet it never happened to me. Not once. I feel so short changed. Almost tempted to go back to Australia now and demand my swooping.
Awesome mate i could watch that all day.......
I had the chance to work quite closely with the water bombers last fire season. It’s quite impressive what they do in those planes, especially over a fire
Wow thought I was watching North by Northwest for a moment.
Shouldn't laugh but its funny how they try and scare ya off 🤣
Is that like the same bird tracking you? Geezus that would drive me nuts… lol… I’m 🤣🤣🤣 at you pointing at him and calling him out… 😆😆😆🤜🏽🤛🏽
Love cycling in Aus at this time of year 😬
They need to get the vario radar to pick up on Magpies then I’d buy one
lol .. incoming
I'm pretty sure Shane has a video for that and he was able to change the icon to a magpie picture.
This is hilarious!!! "... You wanna dance?!?..."
I think you've mixed Hitchcock's North By North West and The Birds into one scene.
A seagul
Did this to me on the Ironsworker bridge lol 😂
I was got several years ago by a full on crazy magpie, it kept at me a hit me several times for about 2 km's , drew blood from my ear , and I had several beak and claw marks over helmet and back and on jersey sleeves , plus helmet.
Is the insta camera on the rear of your lid emitting light on a spectrum the Maggie is picking up on or reflecting the sun of the lens. Try riding without it or change the colour of your lid. Seagulls in Blackpool aim for people wearing red and cars that are red. Just a thought.
That was awesome! Ever see the movie North by Northwest?
Ahh, the birds learned this behavior from the planes...
Stay safe out there, try not to get too much crop spray in your bird wounds 😁
You were pretty nonchalant about that magpie. Every time I've been swooped it's always a shock and my cadence and speed rapidly increase to GET OUT OF THERE! BTW how does the headphones and Garmin varia radar work? Have you done a TH-cam video on that? Seems like it could be very useful for country riding.
The jealousy of a fellow Melbournite knowing you were able to get your own lockdown airshow is unlike anything else....pretty sure I would've broken my 2hr time limit ;-)
There's been quite a lot of discussion on the BVRT FB about holographic tape put on the back of the helmet as a long tail. I wonder if that would work for you for that route. I have also wondered if you stopped and fed them some meat if that would make them more friendly to you
I’ve wondered about the stop and feed tactic myself too.
Some of the friendly local magpies visit my place for a feed every now and then. Their beaks are really sharp, and those talons look scary. I wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of these guys 😆
I lived in Clifton Springs on the Bellarine Peninsula for 20 years. I miss the canola fields. I don't miss the magpies in Spring.
Hello Shane nice seeing outside in real-world
It's good to finally be out! This ride was just meant to be more footage of the new wheels..... it ended up about a bird and a plane. 🤣
@@gplama hahahaha lol men
@@gplama bird in love with your helmet men he wants to land on it
@@gplama Maggie thoughts you're Steve men
@@gplama I love your place men all green what a good place to do training , and do some graveling time men
Should name that stretch of road The Gauntlet.
Cool!) In Russia, magpies don't behave like that!) They only fight with crows and among themselves!)
I wonder if there is any merit putting the rear radar that detects cars onto the helmet to detect the oncoming magpie?
I recently got a Giro Aerohead helmet and I found I could hear a lot better as it blocked the wind noise.
Tow a bike trailer. Never get messed with when I'm towing. Good workout too!
Mate, how close was that Crop Duster to the powerlines! Skill.
That's interesting... We have magpies in Poland but I never experience such behavior from them here. Are they attacking all Llamas or just GP Llamas? :D
These are a different breed. A very aggressive breed.
I have a solution for you to try.
Visit a fancy dress shop, rent a giant bird costume and ride around in it 😁
No Magpie will mess with you, if you're dressed as an Eagle or giant Chicken 😉
Does the Varia radar pick them up? Would be handy. 😳
Just wanna hope the crop sprayer doesn't start swooping at you lol
Watched a crop duster in the American Southeast. Crazy how low they get. And you NEVER want to breathe in what they are spraying. That stuff is very nasty.
Two for one Alfred Hitchcock movies.
Superb spotting! 👏🏼👌🏼
I shall make sure I don’t cycle in that road! There’s one in Gordon down the road too.
I ducked when the bird swooped ..🤪🤪🤪
Is that the magpie at Learmonth? If so he seems to take easy on you compared how hard he goes at me. Lol
Today I tried the old cap gun trick and it worked
You probably don’t want to breathe what this plane is spraying…
I'm an Englishman trapped in Oz with my Ozzie family thanks to COVID and had my first Magpie encounter this spring - crazy birds! It seems like they're more aggressive in Canberra as they've actually hit my helmet and scratched my neck - not quite sure why as I'm clearly not climbing a tree to raid their nest! Any advice on how to avoid "the swoop"? Do the zip ties attached to the helmet really work?
When Magpies Attack! // Six Tips to Avoid Swooping Magpies: th-cam.com/video/47dmip4eJtA/w-d-xo.html
What Kask helmet have you got ? Will a review come ? Would you recommend it ?
That's a Utopia. Helmets depend on head shape/preference. This one goes ok.
Hey GPLlama have you tried bird repellent tape. Less than $10 for a roll from Bunnings sounds like something you should try or make a video about.
Just picked up an S-Works Evade 2 but I think I have helmet envy...
I've held silver bird tape above my head sucessfully 3 times for a really nasty magpie who always makes contact. Usually by a major thump to my helmet. Don't know if it works for all of them though or whether they figure it out as harmless.
Will a pointy aero helmet help lol
0:22 "Target Acquired!"
Did you see that… that car was driving the wrong side. Allways suprice me. Even if i know its from uk/oz😊😇🦦🌶
Every year at this time always same topic but it never gets boring rather entertaining 😂 i am at sydney area same story
Watching someone else get swooped is always a laugh. Getting swooped is the opposite! 🤣
Combining two Hitchcock movies: Birds and North by Northwest!
Have you tried putting the radar on your helmet to see if it detects the magpie?
They're too small and too fast for it... but it could be something I'll try with the little RTL315 (non light version) and another head unit.
When did you get the Kask, will there be a review?
A while back. Not sure on a review at this point. I just hope we're not back in lockdown again soon so I can ride with it more.
@@gplama You”lol be out well before the rest of us in Melbourne, Dan has us locked down hard, hopefully we’ll be allowed back on our bikes soon. Melbourne marathon has been scheduled for December so maybe they know something about when this lockdown will end. 🤞
Where does this magpie live? In the electrical wires?
I'm guessing in the line of trees right near where I was.
If you would put the garmin vario radar onto your helmet, would it pick up the birds?
Unlikely.
As I always said.....radars just notify you of a problem a coming they don't stop said problem.
I wonder if you can fashion a varia style radar for the top of your helmet to detect these dive bombing birds?
It wouldn’t be fast enough for them. They are quick!
Some ute drivers are magpies I think!
🤣
How do you get the radar to beep in your ears? I have power beats pro and I dont get my Garmin radar to beep in them.
RTL515 is Bluetooth and works with the Varia mobile app. (RTL315 non light version does the same).
Your Aussie beaked mates are bloody annoying in NZ too. Cycling and aviation = quality video!
I found that simple eye contact against a swooping magpie does the trick well... you just have to walk for 100 metres like a loser 😂
UPLOADED to strava :)
Greetings from Amsterdam
Charlesm
What's the best helmet for Magpies? 😄
An umbrella. :)
@@gplama lol 😄
Are they attracted to the white helmet?
No they swoop everyone they dont discriminate
I know one bloke who covered his helmet in double-sided tape. Caught four magpies.
Teach a man to fish!
Ha× the animals want you in the zwift verse only
if i manage to maintain 40k/h for just a bit, can i outpace them?
Yep!
Do they ever swoop from the front or side?
Rarely. They know when you're facing them and won't put themselves at the risk of being struck/hit. They're smart.
@@gplama What about that trick of putting a picture of eyeballs on your back head or is that a myth?
@@DanTuber I don't think it's 100% effective. I'll try it if I can find some. :)
Can you provide a link to your kit? THanks!
This is team kit from years ago.
Dressing in your own mockery of magpie markings was kinda asking for it...
(...just spotted, it's a bird logo on the shirt, really asking for it... now you just need something that makes a chirpy sound - like a Garmin)
Try putting your sunglasses on the back of your helmet. It seems to work for buzzards so maybe it'll help you as well
Are these prizm road lenses?
Just standard Radar lenses I think.
@@gplama Do you know what % of light they let in?
@@milan4ever I've just checked - These are Prizm! It was 2018 when I switched them: th-cam.com/video/2XpTxNjH5v4/w-d-xo.html
@@gplama Thanks for checking 👍
I have two that I use to encourage me in my training, one on a hill climb and another for extended sprinting. We both get a real workout.
You forgot about the snakes that are very active at the moment when on a mountain bike or gravel bike 🐍
Still too cold here in Ballarat for nope ropes. They'll be out sssssssssoon. :)
@@gplama You get a break. We had nope ropes out here in January last year. Slow, but they still can sting.
I came off my MTB in the Adelaide Hills a few years ago in September only to see a massive brown snake looking straight at me from about 1 metre away. Bounced the bike and it took off. I'd say it was still waking up from hibation. Scared the hell out me. I'd be dead if it but me as I was alone and 20 minutes from the nearest house.
It's a perfect market for a helmet attachment that scares them away.
Get a realistic fake cat from Amazon and put it on your shoulder as you ride. It will look crazy but will the magpie back out earlier?? 😂
Hahahah! That’d be worth a shot!
Why? Why do they do that?
During nesting season, to protect their young. Keep predators at bay. Magpies are quite intelligent birds.
If this is a regular route, just stop and feed it next time.
Maybe it’s the white color of the helmet?
I wear a black helmet and still get swooped so colour doesn’t matter
@@grobbosixtyone Must be you ;))))
@@milan4everProbably :)
Everyone hates magpies in September.
Putting your helmet to good use.
It's all just practice, until it's not
Bloody hell uk magpies don't do that.. has the aussie government been having words with that one🤣
Cry me a river, Hitchcock!😁
ATTACK!!
Yep only 10% swoop and only the males do it,protecting there young.
7. Ride faster!!
i got swooped by a maggie today and im only 12