I was walking the dogs this morning and 4 magpies decided to swoop us. According to the latest bull **** report from the "experts" this only happens in the cities and is caused by high density housing. I live in the country where the typical block is 4 or 10 hectares (10-25 acres).
Seconds after the swooping started there were only 3 birds and they were suddenly concentrating on our mastiff who had one in her mouth. She nearly got a second. I was surprised to see our very sedentary dog vertically airborne more than her body length off the ground. For a 60kg dog that takes a LOT of power. I am pleased she reduced the hazard but would have been much happier if she had not needed to.
This is the second wildlife attack in three days. We have two types of venomous snakes - the red belly black which is nearly always seen departing the scene and the Eastern brown which is very aggressive at certain times and seldom retreats. For some reason a brown took a dislike to the O Deere ride on while I was mowing and attacked it. The result was snake 0 and O Deere 1000 fragments. That meant tying up the dogs to stop them eating the head and poison and waiting for the kookaburras to remove the remains.
