Swooping magpies are attacking early this year. One victim tells of his pain.
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00:00 (birds chirping)
00:02 Riding past the dam here in Tuggeranon
00:13 and this magpie hit me.
00:15 It's very early for the season.
00:17 He hit me hard, hit me once and got me on the ear,
00:20 drew blood on the ear, you know, where he attacked me.
00:23 It is early for them this season.
00:26 They don't seem to attack until a bit later.
00:30 (birds chirping)
00:32 It's frightening when you get hit.
00:41 It's a shock of getting hit initially.
00:44 If you know they're coming, it's all right,
00:46 but the problem is you never know they're coming.
00:48 They just sort of hit you.
00:49 Some of them hit once and that's it,
00:50 but others just keep coming and coming
00:52 and, you know, for hundreds of meters
00:54 and keep following you.
00:56 It's the adrenaline then once they hit you, for sure.
00:59 Yep.
01:00 (air whooshing)
01:03 [BLANK_AUDIO]