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Gibb St Butcher
It's time to start the count.
I'm curious. Last year the gibb st butcher (manly dam loop) managed a victim count of over 100, but was probably a lot more. Reference... Well none, just conversations with riders. I'm wondering how many he will get this time?
Feel free to share your experience.
I'm hoping to open up a tally, for shits and giggles.
Disclaimer.
I understand it is a territorial bird and we as riders are entering it's nesting zone. This is not a partition to have the afore mentioned bird destroyed or relocated.
I understand there will be human blood shed. Usually from the top of the nose from one hell of a surprise attack.
Good luck to both sides.
Let the "games" begin.
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Quick Google and this showed up... where else would you find this guy?
https://twitter.com/GibbButcher
What a cocky little b@stard!
I thought the bastard was dead I didn't see him at all last year. Has anyone been game to try the helmet free approach. I have seen a video of this somewhere being a sure fire way to avoid attack with magpies. It's just that I'm not sure I want to be the one to try it with this particular bird. And I see what you did there Rob bird, twitter, funny.
Would it be cheating to carry a tennis racquet?
Anyone for a game of shuttlecock?
Hope to find out if he is there or not ....that's if the #&&&king rain stops
Shaping up to be a nasty season this year - The birdy's are getting organised against us - see link
http://pikdit.com/i/i-got-a-knife/
He's got his owner twitter feed...
His cuz is packing a knife.
Next thing you know, there'll be chickens, in choppers.....
(And cows with guns)
2 videos that are interesting watching
http://youtu.be/9wHreVKgOT4
http://youtu.be/ES_n4DgJDHs
Maybe something to do with the reflection of uv light from the helmet, and triggering a protective response due to nesting season, and the wig being more absorbent?
Good excuse to keep putting off riding the dam, which ive never done. There is nothing worse in the world then being swooped by a bloody magpie.
I have a couple of tips. Like running away from a bear, ride with friends, there's only one of him. Also holding my water bottle on my head has a 100% success rate! (well it worked that one time).
They're all individuals and it is learned behaviour. What works for one bird will not necessarily work for another.
As to the afro wig in the vid above, I was talking with a neighbour a couple of weekends ago. He has an afro style hairdo, I was wearing a helmet, he was bare-headed.
He got swooped - multiple times - I didn't!
I found it really hard not to laugh, from both the irony and his antics dodging the bird while we chatted.
Interestingly, it seems to be supported by research that maggies near schools are particularly bad.
I ran over a snake at Mt Annan last Monday whilst concentrating on avoiding the repeated raids of the resident Maggie there!
http://youtu.be/XOUfbZpy0sM
Lovin the Canberra experiment!
Dr Karl would be very happy.
We never did find the sweet spot for exactly where the sweet spot is for Black Flash to be in a group for him to be to be reliably singled out by the butcher EVERY TIME. Warrants further investigation.
You know you have just volunteered to be part of that study group...
When the dam opens up again, let the experiment start!
Will be in touch... Any other victims ? I mean subjects....