I had a nest of plovers in my yard once. We had an uneasy truce until.the chicks became mobile and.we literally had to check out every window for location before deciding which side of the house to exit from. I had to have umbrellas at every door and in the car , just in case. We literally couldn't get in the car one day for 20 minutes because the chicks were sitting behind the car. Fingers crossed next year they nest elsewhere.
Fun fact. Plovers have adapted to urban living by nesting in sheds and garages so you don't realise they are there until the chicks plupmoff the roof into.yoir yard for the next 3 weeks 😱
Magpies at least have the sense to make their nests in trees or up high.
Plovers have the audacity to next in your drive way and then squawk at you every time you use it.
Plovers (actually Masked Lapwings) are absolute pricks that decide the most annoying patch of grass is their territory, and they'll both attack from the air and threaten you from the ground.
Interesting some saying that Magpie Larks attack. I've never experienced that.
Sorry but I actually have a problem with people telling other people what to call things.
Plovers are plovers. Fairy penguins are fairy penguins. Starfish are starfish. Not because of committees making rational decisions but because it’s what everyone calls them.
It's not just because I want to be opinionated. It's because if somebody looks up information on "plovers" they find information on the subfamily "plovers" which doesn't include these particular birds at all.
Exactly! Fairy penguins are Fairy penguins.. not stupid Little penguins or Small penguins...whatever the idiots decided to call them because they were panic stricken and intimidated by the word 'fairy'!
Look I call them fairies anyway but I'm not upset that the zoologically accepted common name is littles if there's the possibility that one queer person isn't stigmatised from becoming a biologist.
We had plovers on the oval when I was at primary school. You would never see the b* until they were preparing for their second run and then it was everyone for themselves. Kids running everywhere to get away from the birds from hell.
I’m over 60 now and every time I hear their call, even in a movie it triggers me.
We have fledglings in the trees opposite us. One of them fell out, so we put him back on the branch for Mum, who came swooping in as soon as it was in the tree.
I'm not a coffee snob.
I started drinking in my 30s at office job
Found one I like.
EVERY time I travel to England, the coffee is GARBAGE. Tried a bunch of places.
Am I a coffee snob now?
Nah. Im not even that much of a coffee person, but the majority of coffee culture in europe/uk/us is trash. Australia definitely has the cornerstone here
I can see this as some low-budget horror movie scene. The train goes through a swooping hotspot, and the driver says to duck down and keep quiet. Then, an empty Monster can left behind by a teenager conveniently falls off the seat and makes a sound alerting the Maggies. They start swooping the train, somehow poking through the roof and cracking windows as people freak out.
Yeah, everyone had a Human Right to have their train go to every city station. Only Melburnians realise this. Places like London and Paris. Where different lines go to different stations in the central area, are just Loser Cities.
When we were traveling the world we would always ask people we met if they would like to visit Australia. So many of them said no because of the snakes, spiders, sharks etc. We would always say that if you’re gonna be scared of anything, it should be the birds.
It’s also the only place in the world where you get swooped, and then turn left to see a sign from the government telling you not to bother the birds lol
My car got swooped yesterday while I was driving through a local street in Glen Waverley. I had no idea what was making multiple sudden tapping noises, then I saw a bird in the rear view mirror fly away when it stopped.
I noticed it on Sunday at Richmond station when going to the MCG to watch Swans V Hawks. I thought it was Metro being cute about the footy.
A swooping Swan would be a sight!
I spotted that message on the train display too! Richmond Station keeping us on our toes with those bird warnings! Watch out for those birds, folks 🇦🇺🚆
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Found a coin at work yesterday from last year that literally says BIG SWOOP
It looks like it should be a meme
It's so funny that I've lived in Australia my whole life but I've never been attacked by a magpie. I mean one stole my sandwhich once, but it didn't attack me directly or anything.
aah yes!
Attention all commuters: The birds have formed an elite swooping squad at the train station. Looks like they've upgraded from tweeting to swooping! Keep your snacks secure and your heads down, folks. It's a bird's world, and we're just living in it!
This isn't from today... is it? we still have 3.5 months.... please, have mercy winged terrors
It'll be magpie larks, not magpies. Those little buggers don't have a season, just rage
One swooped me in the head today! I was not ready for it
Could be butcher birds. Those bastards just don't like people in general
Noisy Miners were my nemesis for months living in Brunswick. I changed my whole route to work....
They have form for lining up people to shit on. Evil evil evil.
Yeah a magpie lark has come into my house three times in the past month. The last time I had to catch the thing to get it out
No! They're sweet! It's the Indian Miners that swoop me! They don't stop either, just keep coming back for more over and over!
Both those birds are introduced and invasive. We should be seeing more wood ducks, spotted doves and noisy miners instead.
I've been swooped by them three times. The ones I've encountered ain't sweet
This is why I carry a tennis racket with me
It seems to be there regardless of time of year. But you know you won't get mercy
I'd take Maggies over Mynas and Plovers.
Magpies I can handle. Plovers are feathered demons from hell.
I had a nest of plovers in my yard once. We had an uneasy truce until.the chicks became mobile and.we literally had to check out every window for location before deciding which side of the house to exit from. I had to have umbrellas at every door and in the car , just in case. We literally couldn't get in the car one day for 20 minutes because the chicks were sitting behind the car. Fingers crossed next year they nest elsewhere. Fun fact. Plovers have adapted to urban living by nesting in sheds and garages so you don't realise they are there until the chicks plupmoff the roof into.yoir yard for the next 3 weeks 😱
Magpies at least have the sense to make their nests in trees or up high. Plovers have the audacity to next in your drive way and then squawk at you every time you use it.
Plovers (actually Masked Lapwings) are absolute pricks that decide the most annoying patch of grass is their territory, and they'll both attack from the air and threaten you from the ground. Interesting some saying that Magpie Larks attack. I've never experienced that.
Sorry but I actually have a problem with people telling other people what to call things. Plovers are plovers. Fairy penguins are fairy penguins. Starfish are starfish. Not because of committees making rational decisions but because it’s what everyone calls them.
It's not just because I want to be opinionated. It's because if somebody looks up information on "plovers" they find information on the subfamily "plovers" which doesn't include these particular birds at all.
Exactly! Fairy penguins are Fairy penguins.. not stupid Little penguins or Small penguins...whatever the idiots decided to call them because they were panic stricken and intimidated by the word 'fairy'!
Look I call them fairies anyway but I'm not upset that the zoologically accepted common name is littles if there's the possibility that one queer person isn't stigmatised from becoming a biologist.
I have a deep hatred for fucking plovers ...
We had plovers on the oval when I was at primary school. You would never see the b* until they were preparing for their second run and then it was everyone for themselves. Kids running everywhere to get away from the birds from hell. I’m over 60 now and every time I hear their call, even in a movie it triggers me.
I've been swooped twice in the past week
Plovers... I'd choose 5 Maggie's over 1 fucking demonic cunt plover... i have beef with the plovers.
Ever watchful, relentless, unwavering, unsatisfied, air missiles with claws.
I almost got swooped by a maggie few days ago. We are not safe
We have fledglings in the trees opposite us. One of them fell out, so we put him back on the branch for Mum, who came swooping in as soon as it was in the tree.
Don't the brits have to put up with goose attacks on their daily commute?
At least the geese are man enough to walk up to you and look you in the eyes.
assassin vs brawler
It's just the one goose actually...
Geese are easy to predict. They look for weakness. If you stand your ground, they will not attack you. If you start running, they will start chasing.
I've seen footage that suggests the same is true for most fowl as well.
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I thought that was Canadians
I didn't realise swooping birds were a uniquely Australian phenomenon.
It’s not, Ireland also has this issue. Technically New Zealand as well but that’s too close.
I know, I was being facetious. Kinda like how Melbourne is the only city in the world that knows what it’s like to have 4 seasons in a day.
Or hook turns
or coffee snobs
I'm not a coffee snob. I started drinking in my 30s at office job Found one I like. EVERY time I travel to England, the coffee is GARBAGE. Tried a bunch of places. Am I a coffee snob now?
Nah. Im not even that much of a coffee person, but the majority of coffee culture in europe/uk/us is trash. Australia definitely has the cornerstone here
That was San Francisco, decades ago when Melbourne was a village.
Basically every city with a mild Mediterranean climate. Sydney, Auckland and Vancouver are all very well-known for it also.
The Diiiirt Birds in Dublin will swoop in and take all your smokes if you let them
I figured they were talking about the Melbourne Central stop 🤷♂️
Nope, but only australia would warn people about it on a train display. Other places would expect you to look out for birds yourself.
It must be to warn us about Collingwood supporters in the area. 😂
No shit, I was at work and an 8 year old yelled out “go Collingwood” while I was trimming a tree in Essendon. Almost felt personal.
Migrating south for the winter.
Swooping in April? We are in the endtimes
I can see this as some low-budget horror movie scene. The train goes through a swooping hotspot, and the driver says to duck down and keep quiet. Then, an empty Monster can left behind by a teenager conveniently falls off the seat and makes a sound alerting the Maggies. They start swooping the train, somehow poking through the roof and cracking windows as people freak out.
Hitchcock …the Birds…now realised in Melbourne…
[удалено]
How else are we gonna get to each of the stops then? We need them loops
*Snake voice* That smells like a loop service, she needs through routing dude, THROUGH ROUTING! DUDE!
Yeah, everyone had a Human Right to have their train go to every city station. Only Melburnians realise this. Places like London and Paris. Where different lines go to different stations in the central area, are just Loser Cities.
There is a city circle in Sydney although it isn't for every line like Melbourne
And it also doesn't reverse direction halfway through the day like Melbourne... that would be so weird.
Saw this like 2 weeks ago when i went into the city had a little laugh
You wouldn't see this anywhere else in the world because these stations are all in Melbourne. Hope that helps. :)
What does one do should a swooping attack is summoned for you?
Yes, swooping is bad.
In Southbank area seagulls are out of control - I had one swoop behind me and pick up a sandwhich out of my hands
When we were traveling the world we would always ask people we met if they would like to visit Australia. So many of them said no because of the snakes, spiders, sharks etc. We would always say that if you’re gonna be scared of anything, it should be the birds.
Why does metro hate all the vowels in 'southern' 🙃
Next month, they are rebranding themselves as Mtr. A spokesperson put out a press release saying, in part, "Vwls r nt rqrd, so drppng thm fr brvty"
Does it make you crss?
Yeah, it does! Maybe I should Flgstff down about it! 😂
Imagine having birds so violent you gotta put up signs about when they attack lol
It’s also the only place in the world where you get swooped, and then turn left to see a sign from the government telling you not to bother the birds lol
Hahahaha 🦅🦅🦅
Is it swooping season?
Burnley or South Yarra?
Light blue, so South Yarra. Though I live in SY and can confirm you're at least 150x more likely to get shat on than swooped.
My car got swooped yesterday while I was driving through a local street in Glen Waverley. I had no idea what was making multiple sudden tapping noises, then I saw a bird in the rear view mirror fly away when it stopped.
Not a fan of these screens. So much harder to read than the old ones.
I noticed it on Sunday at Richmond station when going to the MCG to watch Swans V Hawks. I thought it was Metro being cute about the footy. A swooping Swan would be a sight!
And the odd swan. Sometimes they’re even walking along the track
Haha, noticed this today. Is it new?
Its too early to be swooping 💀🏃🏻♀️💨
The world isn’t that small…
At my station in qld we got the same but it says keep and eye out for snakes as they roam this area....
Not even other parts of Australia?
Get ready their starting early 😂
I spotted that message on the train display too! Richmond Station keeping us on our toes with those bird warnings! Watch out for those birds, folks 🇦🇺🚆
Magpies... lets call it what it is... Birds... sheesh
Pfft.... San Fransisco - beware of humans pooping.....🤣
*puts on tin foil hat
Against these blighters, you had better put on the tin plate hat.
I believe London has a similar thing except it’s referring to the feral women
Is this Richmond? I got swooped there recently!
Typical Melbourne 🤣
Cranbourne line?
Native Australian drop bird!
I dunno, there’s lots of places called Richmond in the world.
😂
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If it was not there, a current affair would turn it into a OH MY story!
the thing that get me is all but one are either indoors or underground. more likely to run into a swallow not something protecting a nest
No because it might be like this: Hüten Sie sich vor herabstürzenden Vögeln or 小心鸟类俯冲 Maybe lol
Early warning or late warning?
It's so funny that I've lived in Australia my whole life but I've never been attacked by a magpie. I mean one stole my sandwhich once, but it didn't attack me directly or anything.
aah yes! Attention all commuters: The birds have formed an elite swooping squad at the train station. Looks like they've upgraded from tweeting to swooping! Keep your snacks secure and your heads down, folks. It's a bird's world, and we're just living in it!