Swooping season as pesky magpie a danger to cyclists

Max Stainkamph
Updated October 2 2020 - 4:37pm, first published September 29 2020 - 7:00pm
MAGPIE TARGETS: John Spencer, Simon Price, Byron Longstadd, John Johnson, Michelle Englart, Paul Englart and Lee Cook. Photo: JUDE KEOGH
MAGPIE TARGETS: John Spencer, Simon Price, Byron Longstadd, John Johnson, Michelle Englart, Paul Englart and Lee Cook. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

Cyclists being swooped and attacked by a magpie near the corner of Lone Pine Avenue and the Mitchell Highway will look to have the bird "destroyed" before it knocks someone off their bike and potentially into oncoming traffic.

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Max Stainkamph

Max Stainkamph

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Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.

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