Magpie Map 2012 - by Quest Newspapers

0: Saraband Dr & Roundelay Ct

Eatons Hill QLD 4037 - Tom: Swooped by two birds while walking past, birds seem to have a nest on the roof of the corner house. Must be a new spot as I walk there more or less often for last 3 years. Looks like magpie 2012 season has started, at least at Eatons Hill.
 

1: 145 Allenby Rd

Wellington Point QLD 4160

Malcolm:- I was on my mobility scooter with my dog beside me on the footpath, a push bike rider came up beside me on the road with a magpie swooping on her as she rode down MacDonald Rd

2: Cinderella Dr & Fitzgerald Ave

Springwood QLD 4127

David:- This mongrel was here last year where it attacked drawing blood whilst riding bike to work, so stopped riding to work. Decided to ride to work today and it attacked again. Very aggressive to bike riders,  saw it go for a young toddler who was being pushed on her bike by her mother, both were very scared. Needs to go!!! This is a very busy area as its territory is between two shopping centres and may bus stops. No cyclist is safe and those who are attacked by bird could easily swerve into traffic.

3: Methil St

Runcorn QLD 4113

Margaret:- Magpie swooped bike riders (adult and kids). Didn't swoop those who dismounted and walked, but undetermined whether that was due to "decoy" remaining on bike. Didn't swoop north of cnr Methil/Selsey Sts.

4: Daisy St & Pansy St

Wynnum QLD 4178

Margaret:- I didn’t see it coming. It swooped my helmet from behind when I was riding my bicycle toward Wynnum Rd.

5: 17th hole at North Lakes Resort Golf Club

Nick: - Sign outside clubhouse warning golfers of the airborne threat

6: Nudgee Waterhole Reserve

7: S Pine Rd & Venning St

Everton Park QLD 4053

Jacinda:- Attacked while riding a bike at around 9am (not attacked the following day at 7.30am) Wasn't overly aggressive (never actually hit me - although I sure did start riding faster)

8: 14 Gerbera St

Alexandra Hills QLD 4161

Tony:- Magpie present and swoops every year at this location.  Anyone walking in this area is unsafe, particularly children walking to and from school.  Will attack front or back.

9: Hilder Rd & Alutha Rd

The Gap QLD 4061

Evelyn:- Magpies swopped us as we rode our bikes past the park

10: Brisbane St & Clay St

West Ipswich QLD 4305

Steve:- He wasn’t there last year but I suspect another Maggie has taken his spot, he “whomped” me on my helmet and then chased me up the hill  almost up to the City View Hotel.  That is the first hit for the season so when I got home I put my traditional zip tie defence on my helmet.

11: 192 Beatty Rd

Archerfield QLD 4108

Terry:- I see people being swooped out the front of my office at 192 Beatty road. It happens regularly.

12: Caboolture River Rd

Upper Caboolture QLD 4510

Melissa:- Opposite Parkridge shops on Caboolture River Road. Attacked whilst on bicycle. Helmet hit six times.

13: Burpengary Meadows State School

Burpengary QLD 4505

Melissa:- Opposite Burpengary Meadows State School on Rowley Road.  Magpie swooping but no hits.

14: Mary Pleasant Dr

Birkdale QLD 4159

15: Francis Rd

Lawnton QLD

Stephen:- Had just started an early morning run, hopped onto the pathway at the western side of the Les Huges Sporting complex when he swooped and hit me in the side of the head. He had a second go on the way back

16: Arunta St

Tarragindi QLD 4121

Deborah:- I was on my afternoon jog around the neighbourhood when a magpie swooped at me at least seven or eight times - chased me from Arunta street to Kuring-Gai Ave. Fortunately, I was able to fend him off and wasn't injured.

Lyall:- There is a magpie patrolling the entire street. It doesn't appear to always swoop, but is swooping residents and passing walkers on a regular basis. The first swoop appears to be a warning still and if you watch/protect yourself you can continue slowly without being stuck in a total stand off.

17: Logan Rd & Creek Rd

Mt Gravatt QLD 4122

Kylie:- My daughter gets swooped every time she walks through on her way to school and it has drawn blood. The magpie does not swoop my younger son. They were walking that way to avoid the other non magpie bird that swoops in front of the library on creek road.

18: Bochow Park

19: Quarry St & Macalister St

Ipswich QLD 4305

20: Albany Creek Rd & Trouts Rd

Aspley QLD 4034

Kate:-Saw an eastbound cyclist being repeatedly swooped along Albany Creek Rd, between Trouts Rd & Railton St.

21: Westfield North Lakes

22: Victoria Point State High School

23: Decker Park

24: Wendy Allison Park

25: Buchanan road

26: Parish Rd

Caboolture QLD

Nikki:- The far end of parish rd Caboolture the resident magpie who resides in the trees at parish park is a vicious one so be careful!

27: Whitehorse Rd

Kallangur QLD 4503

Kellee:- Walking along, and we got swooped.

28: Skipton Circuit

Kallangur QLD 4503

Kellee:- Walking along, and we got swooped.

29: Ellison Rd

Aspley QLD 4034

Michael:- I regularly run around the cricket fields at Marchant Park, and over the past two weeks have been swooped by magpies. This happens most years, but fortunately they give up fairly easily. It should also be noted that crows are nesting in the trees on the park’s side, closer to Coolah St. I have been attacked here before, and have seen others attacked also. The crows do not give up easily, and have proceeded to chase for several hundred metres.

30: Coronation Dr & Land St

Auchenflower QLD 4066

Shane:- Cyclists along Land St, who emerge and cross from the underpass in a South West direction

31: Maundrell Terrace

QLD

Justin:- Swooped me as I crossed Maundrell Tce but they are on the park to the west of there. Have been there for years.

32: Lillian Ave & Regis St

Salisbury QLD 4107

Amy:- Magpie swoops pedestrians during breeding season. Streets are signposted with Magpie warnings.

33: Hornibrook Hwy

Brighton QLD 4017

Tricia:- Attacked while riding bike on road.  This maggie is very aggressive and has followed me for a couple of hundred metres and continues to swoop and attack

34: Discovery Dr

North Lakes QLD 4509

35: Depot Rd & Braun St

Deagon QLD 4017

Tricia:- Attacked by maggie while riding bike

36: Slater Park Rd

Maroon QLD 4310

Seqwater:- Very territorial magpie in the park near the toilet block. Reported to have drawn blood from at least one victim.

37: Rowley Rd

Burpengary QLD 4505

Celina:- Daily swooping when riding bikes to school

38: Winstanley St

Carindale QLD 4152

Ace:- The magpie that doesn’t like cyclists is back. A great thump on the side of my helmet as I travelled west along Winstanley Street approaching the bridge over Bulimba Creek.

Graham:- I was travelling east on my bike (not west like Ace) when the magpie attacked. I was wearing a helmet and a bandanna covering my ears, but the bird still drew blood from my left ear, as I discovered when I tried to wipe what I thought was sweat from the side of my face. The magpie made a second swoop but pulled out at the last instant when I waved my fist at it.

39: 16 Wighton St

Sandgate QLD 4017

David:- Magpies swoop on cyclists. They live in a tall tree on the western side of the street about mid-way along

40: Emerald Dr

Regents Park QLD 4118

Judy:-

41: Captain Burke Park

42: Nottingham Rd

Parkinson QLD 4115

Monique:- Saw a magpie swoop kids walking and on bikes.

43: Scarborough Beach

Scarborough QLD 4020

44: Fowler Dr

Caboolture South QLD 4510

Zoe:- We were walking home with our girls from netball last Saturday and one just attacked from nowhere.

45: Harbour Town Outlet Shopping Centre

46: Marigold St

Margate QLD 4019

47: Windmill St & Pallaranda St

Tarragindi QLD 4121

Peter: “Swoopy” the local magpie launches repeated attacks on anyone moving near his tree – He is a real menace

48: Laura St

Tarragindi QLD 4121

Peter:- A recalcitrant magpie is in residence and has previously attacked my while I was cycling – BCC has a warning sign up about him

49: Francis Rd & Wilsmith St

Bray Park QLD 4500

Brad:- Magpie will continually swoop me every morning and afternoon, have resorted to turning hat backwards but he has cotton on to that and is getting closer and closer. Girlfriend will no longer run with me as a result. He will swoop as far as the opposite side of road, as far as the pedestrian bridge and up the footpath going up the hill towards the PCYC.

50: Prince St

Annerley QLD 4103

Tony:- A man keeps feeding the magpies so now the street is overrun with the little fellas. Now they attack anyone with food in their hands. They are starting to nest now too.

51: Marsden Rd & Whitehorse Rd

Kallangur QLD 4503

Niamh:- Every day I walk my dog & also have my child in the stroller & a magpie swoops at me. I have been on both sides of Marsden Road & it happens on both sides around the same spot. He will swoop & then sit on a tree or fence & watch me.

52: Pine River Dr

Murrumba Downs QLD 4503

Kathleen:- Riding bike and swooped twice was in the morning

53: Underwood Rd & Gaskell St

Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113

Alistair:- Saw more than 10 attacks in a week. Target everyone from kids to adults. Generally walkers/pedestrians.
One of the attacks drew blood, provided first aid to the victim. Be careful! The nest is one of the tall trees along the road.

54: Attewell St

Nundah QLD 4012

Sharna:- I am a regular runner in my neighbourhood and just last week I went out for my usual route as while warming down at the end of my street got swooped by a magpie. The magpie chased me for about 200m . Initially I thought it was my fault as I had stooped to warm down under his tree. So my next run I came back a different way along the adjacent street . Low and behold the magpie swooped me again. Then today I went for my run and as soon as I walked out of my house I got swooped . This time it was more aggressive, flying closer and snapping its beak. It swooped me for 3 streets. Then on the way back I got swooped by 3 magpies at the end of my street. In Attewell street alone there would be 15+ magpie. And nundah is absolutely covered in them . And this season for some reason they appear to be more aggressive

55: Northmore St

Mitchelton QLD 4053

Daryl:- Swooped twice, no contact, just the whoosh of wings an a click of the beak

56: Park Rd & Villa St

Yeronga QLD 4104

Margie:- Swooped at while cycling by.

57: Faldo Ct

North Lakes QLD 4509

Ken:- They attack small children only, especially if they are on bikes.

58: Albany Creek Rd

Aspley QLD

59: Pioneer Crescent & Gibson Crescent

Bellbowrie QLD 4070

Jennifer:- There is a reserve/park and bus stop where the magpie is nesting and swooping. I'm a jogger and during the last two weeks he has swooped but not made contact. I carry a small dead branch with leaves that I wave over my head which so far has protected me from any injury. I certainly would not want the bird injured either hence just a small leafy stick that I wave close over my head with no intention to make contact with this protective creature.

60: Baskerville St

Brighton QLD 4017

Peter:- Has started swooping along the bike path in the park, and will begin to strike soon. This magpie attacks to the right side of the face and right ear, often inflicting cuts. Last year I saw a runner quite deeply cut by this bird

61: Brays Rd

Murrumba Downs QLD 4503

Alan:- Went after a few walking dogs and joggers up towards the living faith school - he has been around for a few years now

62: Fuller Street, Lutwyche

63: Francis Rd & Wilsmith St

Bray Park QLD 4500

Andrew:-

I had my ear chewed and my son was stabbed through and through on the back of the neck. The bird followed us for quite and distance and we were riding as fast as we could but I just couldn’t shake him. He got my ear every single swoop.

64: Caboolture River Rd & Grant Rd

Morayfield QLD 4506

Anne:- There's one that chases the bikes between Grant Rd and Lorebury Dve, on Caboolture River Rd

65: Orchard St

Eastern Heights QLD 4305

Belinda:- My daughter Eleanor (aged five) was swooped twice but a magpie on the corner of Jackson and Orchard Streets in Eastern Heights this afternoon (Saturday the 25th of August, 2012). We were out on our scooters for an afternoon ride with my other two children (aged three and seven), when the magpie swooped twice on Eleanor. She was very shaken but physically fine.

66: Connors St

Petrie QLD 4502

Jackie:- Maggies swoop when people walk past.

67: Ridgegarden Dr

Morayfield QLD 4506

Melanie:- My son has been getting swooped everyday lately riding his bike to school, he has even fallen off his bike one day when he was swooped. It gets close enough for him to hear its wings flapping on his helmet. My son says that he has only noticed it swooping People on bikes and not walkers.

Tim:- Magpie swoops on anybody with a  bike helmet

68: 81 Illuta Ave

Ferny Hills QLD 4055

69: Hamish St

Calamvale QLD 4116

Sandra:- My son was scratched across the face yesterday morning by a swooping magpie as we were walking to school

70: Jade St

Caboolture QLD 4510

Kylie:- There is an evil maggie in jade st she is very selective on who she swoops and is a cunning bird too she wont swoop you while you watch her then the second you look away from her bang she is on you like white on rice.

71: Wallace St Park

Caboolture QLD 4510

72: Miller St & Ballina St

Kippa-Ring QLD 4021

Lucy:-  Walking along I was hit in the back right of my head. My husband has also been swooped at by the same Maggie!!

73: Batman Dr

Redbank Plains QLD 4301

Crystal:- Keeps swooping and getting the heads of all the kids on the street.

74: Thor St

Sunnybank QLD 4109

Margaret:- Swooped while riding bike. Magpie kept distance (warning
shot?) but we didn't wait around to see how close it would get.

75: Selsey St

Runcorn QLD 4113

Margaret- Cyclists swooped. Magpie lost interest north of Methil Street intersection.

76: Volunteer St

Newport QLD 4020

77: Cracknell Rd & Laura St

Tarragindi QLD 4121

Andrew:- On two occasions, swooped my boys on their bikes. Frontal attack while they watch for the first time, wondering what the heck was going on, then from behind as they rode away. Blood both times, different boys.

78: Lakewood Ave

Parkinson QLD 4115

Payal:- have been attacked by this magpie on two different occasions at the same spot. I am not from Australia and the first time this happened, I didn't know that I was to avoid this location.The first time the magpie swooped down on me and drew blood from my head. The second time it swooped down on me twice and got the blood the first time while the second time I yelled and flung my hands in the air. I am now petrified to walk down that road again, even though this happened last year. But I am not going to check if or not this magpie is still around. I suspect he is as I later saw a sign put up on the street cautioning people to the breeding season!

79: Caboolture River Rd & Dobson Ln

Upper Caboolture QLD 4510

Tim:- Magpie swoops cyclists every year

80: Watt St & Ascot St

Caboolture QLD 4510

81: Crawford Ave

Stafford QLD 4053

Russell:- Swooped 3 times whilst walking down the road. Also saw several other people swooped from a distance. Magpie is nestled in a tree behind the block of units ( 5 Crawford Ave) and will fly up and down the street 100m to attack. Will use claws and beak and someone told me they had a cut head from him.

82: Sarah St & Cosker St

Annerley QLD 4103

Gerard:- A couple of magpies live in the big trees nearby and swoop cyclists.  But only cyclists.  Happy with pedestrians.

83: Hickory Dr

Narangba QLD 4504

Justin:- Swooped me on my bike

84: Duncan St

Redbank Plains QLD 4301

Jacinta:- I was walking along Duncan street and was swooped on until I hid in a bush and phoned my daughter to pick me up.

85: Luke St & Katherine St

Caboolture QLD 4510

86: Dohles Rocks Rd & Ogg Rd

Murrumba Downs QLD 4503

Craig:- Riding along Dohles Rock and got swooped turned into Ogg Road And it was still Attacking me. It swooped about six times until I stopped and looked at it.

87: Hunter St

Greenslopes QLD 4120

88: Francis Rd

Lawnton QLD

89: Matterhorn Dr

Narangba QLD 4504

Janice:- I was walking through Gecko  Gully Park yesterday when a magpie swooped.

90: Albany Creek Rd

Aspley QLD

Melinda:- Swooped quite viciously twice while on a bike, and crossed to the other side of  the 4-lane road to get to me. Have seen it attack another cyclist too. Doesn’t  seem to attack walkers.

91: 27 Zoe Pl

Deception Bay QLD 4508

Mary:- Little boy attacked on his forehead and was bleeding. Happens every year kids cant play outside.

92: 77 Eleventh Ave

Kedron QLD 4031

Stuart:- Daughter and I were riding home from Benelong park along 11th Avenue towards Kara St, when my daughter was swooped from across the street.

93: Fairfield Gardens shopping centre car park

94: Ipswich Golf Club

95: Oxley Rd

Oxley QLD 4075

Daryl:- Every time I go to the driving range I see someone walking or riding getting  swooped

96: Bromley St

Cornubia QLD 4130

97: Yeronga State High School

98: Taunton St & Oakwood St

Annerley QLD 4103

Chris:- Magpie swoops as nest is in the tall tree to the left of  the gate.

99: Pheasant Ave

Beenleigh QLD 4207

Ian:- Magpie bombed me continuously last Sunday while riding my bike.

100: Lahrs Rd

Ian:- There is a magpie around the Lahrs Road/Goldmine Road intersection that swoops cyclists from behind.  This stretch of road is used by hundreds of cyclists riding parallel to the M1 between Logan and the Gold Coast every weekend. 

101: Albany Creek Rd

Bridgeman Downs QLD 4035

Sharyn:- Was cycling outbound and magpie actually hit my helmet three times, very vicious  little man!!!!!

102: Marchant Park

103: Francis Rd & Wilsmith St

Bray Park QLD 4500

Jackie:- Walking around PCYC walkway, when I turned corner to Francis Rd from Wilsmith St  side I was swooped twice by magpie, first swoop hit top of my cap, then magpie  landed on power line and watched me continue walking, second swoop drew blood at  back of my ear. It was 5 August 2012 so I wasn’t expecting magpie swooping so  early, I thought it started in September. Since then I have stopped walking  outside, I use a treadmill at home or at the gym.

104: Eildon Close

Munruben QLD 4125

Susan: - The magpies just swoop your head.

105: King St

Clontarf QLD 4019

Igor:- Magpie swooped on the postie's bike, 31 Aug 3pm

106: Anzac Ave & Discovery Dr

North Lakes QLD 4509

107: Nyleta St & Mandarin St

Coopers Plains QLD 4108

Belinda:- Magpie swoops on everyone walking in the street and when we go out to our front  or back yards.

108: Kinnerton St

Chermside West QLD 4032

Gareth:- Magpie chased and swooped my wife multiple times as she cycled followed her the entire length of the street as it runs next to the creek. Was waiting for us as we came back and attacked both myself and my wife again.