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Fiona: I live in a street with a notorious swooping magpie. I began feeding the magpie couple when I heard that they recognise people and remember if people have been nice to them or not. It has worked spectacularly. First, he stopped swooping me and would not swoop people in the street if I went out and talked to them. Now, he still does his look-out duties and they both shoo off larger birds but they don’t swoop humans at all anymore. I buy pet mince from the local butcher and give them a little in the morning. They also patrol my garden eating grasshoppers and other bugs, in return. I know you are not supposed to feed native animals, but this is a great solution as the magpies are very friendly now, sing beautifully and no humans are planning to get rid of them. Better than not feeding them and having someone try to kill them.