Swooping Magpies

Adelaide, Australia

Mike also sends in this link with a picture of a sign in an Adelaide Park warning of swooping magpies.

This page from the New South Wales government has a few tips on dealing with magpie swoops.

The most useful hostile magpie site I've been able to find has a detailed breakdown of magpie injuries. There were 59 reported attacks causing injuries requiring medical treatment, including two concussions.

That site helpfully links to a cautionary children's cartoon on magpie attacks.

I did investigate that statistics site to see if they had other interesting reports, like injuries from kangaroos, or koalas, or gliding possums. No dice; maybe I'll try again some other day.