Forums > Regional Cycling Forums > Australia and New Zealand > Magpie Attacks. Magpie Alert warns that injuries tend to occur when cyclists fall off their bikes during an attack, like the man in Wollongong. So what is a Magpie Attack all about …???? Last Friday, Wendy Victoria Hati filmed a magpie attack in Sydney's west. 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. More than 100 people have been injured in magpie attacks in New Zealand in the last five years; 88 of those happened during spring. ( 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 attacks are always directed at the head. An Australian man has sustained serious eye injuries after being attacked by a magpie. Firstly, to see exactly what a typical attack is like – click here – you will be amazed at how aggressive these birds are !!!! Discussion in 'Australia and New Zealand' started by Felice Scapin, Sep 24, 2005. There are actually many species of magpie, but most of the rumours centre on Eurasian magpies ().In … Magpies do not have the best of reputations. James Glindemann was eating his lunch outside of a shopping centre in … 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. Mountain bikers are being dive bombed by over-protective magpie parents in Timaru's Scenic Reserve. In a video supplied to 9News, the bird repeatedly swoops a child riding a bike at Claremont Meadows Park. "Attacked twice cycling north, just helmet hits. 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. 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. 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