But magpies also have their defenders, including some of the people who spoke to the Guardian for an episode of the Full Story podcast this month. “The bird sat on the concrete in front of me, and saw I hadn’t dropped the food, or I think that was what its thinking was,” he said. James Glindemann, 68, was flown to hospital for emergency surgery after being aggressively swooped in the Victorian town of Sale on Tuesday, First published on Thu 15 Oct 2020 06.49 BST. The story was first reported by ABC Gippsland, Victoria’s magpie swooping season might be worse than usual, won Guardian Australia’s 2017 bird of the year poll, for an episode of the Full Story podcast this month. His left eye was also “very smoky, smoggy”. Magpies on a mission: Eye injuries increase in shocking swooping season. Business owner James Glindemann, 68, was having an ordinary day eating his lunch at a park bench, outside of the Gippsland Centre in Sale, eastern Victoria, when he was suddenly swooped by the bird. “The closer I got to the car, the worse my eyesight was getting. What started as a “one-way conversation” with a magpie has ended with an Australian man airlifted to hospital with serious injuries to his eyes. “A juvenile magpie sat down in front of me, I had a one-way conversation for a few seconds and it was just looking at me,” Glindemann told Guardian Australia. James Glindemann told ABC news he was sitting on a bench and eating when the bird swooped on him in Sale in eastern Victoria on Tuesday. Magpie swooping season has begun across the country with reports of particularly aggressive birds ripping open ears and scratching eyes. What started as a “one-way conversation” with a magpie has ended with a Victorian man airlifted to hospital with serious injuries to both his eyes. “They’re a beautiful bird, they’re brave. An aggressive magpie attacks a cyclist on a street in Australia. For the latest updates on the bushfire for the Shire of Mundaring and the city of Swan, north-east of Perth, search on ABC Emergency or find your local ABC radio station. Then, in a flock attack, they literally eat the helpless animal alive.” “I started to open the lunchbox, the next thing I knew, the bird had flown at my face and struck me in the left eye,” he said. "Some native birds swoop humans and their dogs to defend their young for the six to eight weeks between when they hatch and when they leave the nest.". The results were hilarious! We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Magpie attack injures man’s eyes. Beak: The bills are blue-grey and somewhat wedge-shaped and strong, which assist the bird in gripping the prey. A Victorian man has told of the horrifying moment a magpie attacked him, leaving him with damage to both eyes. "Magpies are beautiful birds that are just doing their best to co-exist with us, and unfortunately sometimes we interact with them and harm is a result of that … so I don't think we should blame the birds entirely.". Magpie attacks man and pecks at his eyes after 'chat' with bird turns ugly Business owner James Glindemann has been left with blurred vision after the bird suddenly swooped on him in a horrific attack which took place as he sat on a park bench eating his lunch ... Dr Crock urged people to be aware of their surroundings and to protect their head and eyes from attack. James Glindemann, 68, says he was eating lunch at a park in Sale, in Victoria’s Gippsland region, when the bird began to swoop. An Australian man suffered serious eye injuries in an attack by a magpie as he was eating lunch outside and refused to Use “eyes” to scare magpies. Your guide to Lunar New Year 2021 events, Man charged with drugging, tattooing women he held as sex slaves at two Brisbane properties, 'I want to live': Man who went to hospital 'to save his life' died after suicide attempt in waiting room toilets, Community, bargains and unique pieces draw people into charity shops. Birdlife Australia’s Sean Dooley argued magpies could recognise individual faces and “tend to swoop the people they see as a threat”. “No, I still like magpies, I love them,” he said. "Cover your head with a hat, helmet or umbrella and consider drawing a pair of 'eyes' on the back of your hat or helmet to deter birds and also do not harass or feed them," said a spokesperson. Amber from 'Amber and Billo's' wanted to test what could keep swooping magpies away. The reputation of the humble magpie, which won Guardian Australia’s 2017 bird of the year poll, could at best be described as divisive. If you've ever seen a magpie turn its head to the side while walking across grass, it's probably homing in on the location of its lunch. A Victorian man has told of the frightening moment a magpie swooped and attacked both his eyes. What will Tasmania's coronavirus vaccination rollout look like. "But the magpie seems to have penetrated the cornea in my left eye and so the doctors repaired that. 'Psychological warfare': Why Myanmar's military shut down the internet, Consumers to wait longer for banking royal commission clean-up, Patty Mills's Indigenous Basketball League partners with NBA to find emerging Aussie talent, Looking for a bullish start to the Year of the Ox? In places where magpies have grown incredibly used to people, they have been known to attack children’s backpacks. Magpie Alert warns that injuries tend to occur when cyclists fall off their bikes during an attack, like the man in Wollongong. But after he asked the bird something akin to “how are you going?” things quickly turned ugly. "My vision in both eyes are blurred at the moment … but I think doctors are confident that my sight will come back.". Longford resident Jamie Corbett, 18, considers himself lucky after escaping a magpie attack with a cut eyelid, in the same location. Magpie attacks man and pecks at his eyes after ‘conversation’ in park turns ugly October 15, 2020 A man was left "barely able to see" after a magpie attacked him as he sat down to eat his lunch in a park. Magpie attacks aren't as common as you (and the media) might think. The Guardian. A magpie may rarely attack by landing on the ground in front of a person and lurching up and landing on the victim's chest and pecking at the face and eyes. Calls to kill magpie that left two young kids potentially blind in one eye September 27, 2018 “Is my eye gone?” screamed traumatised Indi after the aggressive magpie attacked in a Perth park this week. Only last month, a video of a young boy being relentlessly swooped by a magpie – and filmed by his father – went viral. The terrifying incident was over in a matter of seconds. The UK variant of coronavirus is more infectious, so why hasn't it spread widely in Australia? Waving sticks, using eyes on the back of helmets, spikes, or staring at Magpies when they swoop etc etc etc does not work to prevent or deter ongoing attack. James Glindemann was sitting on a bench eating when a magpie swooped on him in Sale in eastern Victoria on Tuesday, attacking both his eyes.. The Wellington Shire Council was contacted for information about its policy for safety signage in high risk areas but it is yet to respond. A few attacks are more serious leading to bloodied ears and cheeks or even eye injury. A Victorian man has been left with damage to both eyes after a vicious magpie attack. [102] Cyclist wearing a helmet with "spikes" to ward off diving magpies The children were left with eye injuries after attacks at Clarko Reserve, a beachside park in the Perth suburb of Trigg, the report said. Last year a Sydney council was forced to defend its decision to shoot a swooping magpie, which it said was “not taken lightly”. Myth #3: People regularly lose an eye as a result of magpie attacks According to data collated by the National Data Standards for Injury Surveillance, there were a total of 59 Australian magpie attacks requiring hospital treatment over a decade of study. One Australian rumor states that magpies are afraid of being looked at. The story was first reported by ABC Gippsland, which said that about about 60 patients a year present to the hospital with bird-related eye injuries, according to hospital official Thomas Campbell. Blood streaming down his face, five-year-old Finn sprinted hysterically across the beachside Perth park … James Glindemann, 68, of Sale, recovers after being swooped by a magpie while eating a Chinese takeaway meal in the Victorian town on Tuesday. The Department recommends knowing where local swooping hotspots are located to avoid the areas if possible and to move quickly, without running, when being attacked by a magpie. The life expectancy of the Australian magpie is … Glindemann called an ambulance and was taken to a local hospital. An Australian man almost had his eye plucked out by a vicious magpie amid a worse-than-usual “swooping season.” James Glindemann, 68, had to undergo surgery on his eye after he opened a… September 21, 2015 Further to our recent story on magpie’s attacking children and causing eye injuries, here is a recently published article with expert opinion from Sydney Ophthalmic Specialists ophthalmologist Dr Michael Jones. This idea could be … Last month, one birdlife expert warned Victoria’s magpie swooping season might be worse than usual due to the statewide mask mandate. They're a gardener's dream, a cyclist's nightmare, and according to the Guardian's poll, Australia's bird of the year. 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Magpies. "I think the procedure took about two hours. He lands up in surgery A man was all set to enjoy a Chinese takeaway lunch at an outdoor mall in Australia but things turned quite unpleasant soon after as a magpie attacked his eyes. Larry Koller, in his Treasury of Hunting (1965), repeats a common accusation against the bird: “Magpies are small, vicious, Western birds with the sanguinary habit of plucking out eyes of young, newly dropped fawns and kids. According to Thomas Campbell from the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, about 60 patients a year present to the site reporting bird-related eye injuries. His right eye, which bore the brunt of the attack, was still blurry, but he said doctors believed the main concern was preventing infection. “Apart from the shock of it all, I just thought, yes, it had struck me in the face, but I didn’t think it had done any damage.”. He said the incident, which occurred on Tuesday, happened in a matter of seconds but the injuries were serious. Glindemann is also on their side. This article is more than 2 months old. Though it is rare for a magpie to actually make contact, a swooping magpie can cause bicycles accidents, resulting in injury to yourself or others. "Swooping occurs every year during breeding season and is largely a defensive manoeuvre and for some species, including magpies, this is carried out primarily by males," they said. Glindemann is now recovering at home and said he is hopeful his sight will soon return to normal. The video shows the crazy bird swooping the cyclist multiple times. "Roughly every year we have at least one person who suffers a serious injury where they lose some amount of sight permanently … some have marked vision loss and others just lose a little bit of vision at first and require multiple operations to get their regular vision back. Eyes: The eyes are chestnut brown to reddish, and are bead-like, with the visibly black cornea in the middle. Australian magpies are known to attack humans and other animals when they sense a threat. While he could not confirm exact numbers, Dr Campbell said several people from the Sale area had visited the hospital for treatment within the past couple of weeks. A man in regional Victoria has recalled the terrifying moment he was attacked in both eyes by a swooping magpie, leaving him with blurred vision and a bloody face. DELWP advises people to report swooping incidents by marking the location on Victoria's swooping bird map. Man sits for lunch in Australia, magpie attacks his eyes. NPR’s ‘absurd’ pronunciation starts new emu war in Australia. Glindemann said he was not wearing a mask at the time because he was just about to eat. A Victorian man has told of the frightening moment a magpie swooped and attacked both his eyes. Australian man suffers double eye injury in magpie swooping attack after 'conversation' turns ugly. By Anna Prytz. World News - UA - Man sustains horrific injuries after magpie attacks BOTH eyes - Man was bleeding from his face and had to be airlifted to hospital for eye surgery after suffering a cut to his cornea CAMEROON MAGAZINE - CAMEROUN INFO - CAMEROUN ACTU AU, Magpie, World News - UA - Man sustains horrific injuries after magpie attacks BOTH eyes… Business owner James Glindemann, 68, from Victoria, Australia, has been left with blurred vision after the … “It looked at me and I didn‘t give it any food, so it just attacked me,” Mr … Legs: The legs are completely black. James Glindemann, 68, said that he was about to eat a Chinese takeaway lunch on Tuesday at an outdoor mall in Sale, … “The magpie seemed to have penetrated the cornea in my left eye and the doctors have fixed that," he said. Magpies can hear the sound of grubs and worms under the ground. "There was some blood that was dripping at one stage and it covered my eyes … I could barely see, but I managed to find my car and I rang triple-0," he said. A magpie’s defensive behaviour can range from a non-contact swoop with or without beak snapping, through to pecking, dive-bombing and sometimes front-on attacks from the ground. Magpie Attacks and Eye Injuries. "First it struck my left eye and when it landed back on the ground, I didn't drop my food and so it attacked me again in the right eye.". But here are a few tricks to get you through swooping season unscathed - and a few classic tactics that don't work. Lifespan. “It immediately attacked the right-hand side of my face, on the eye with a fair bit of force, and drew some blood. Magpies swoop to protect their territory when they feel their nests are threatened during nesting season, but this action can result in skin and eye injuries. Aggressive Magpies will swoop regardless. “Now I can count my fingers if I only look through my left eye.”, A young NSW boy has experienced the horror of Australia's magpie swooping season, with his dad on hand to film the relentless attack.Tips to avoid being swooped: https://t.co/NHiClS8lad#9News pic.twitter.com/uOxXxr48WN. "I sat down at a bench there and the magpie came up and I started talking to it because I like them," he said. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Every spring Australians are subjected to swooping attacks from magpies, which nonetheless were voted bird of the year in 2017 by Guardian Australia readers. As the spring swooping season takes flight so does the growing number of injuries. "And it looked at me and I didn't give it any food, so it just attacked me. A spokesperson from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) said in a statement that swooping was a territorial trait of native birds and the season began from the late winter months into spring. "There's a wide range of injuries, from just scratches on the surface of the eye, right through to the very severe injuries where the claws of the bird may actually penetrate into the eye," he said. James Glindemann, 68, said he was about to tuck into a Chinese takeaway lunch on Tuesday at an outdoor mall in Sale, about 200km east of Melbourne, when he was suddenly and viciously swooped by a magpie. I looked in the mirror to see the extent of the damage and I couldn’t focus at all on it.”. But he did say another woman had subsequently contacted him to say she had also been swooped in the same area. Supposedly, putting large eyes on the back of the backpacks keeps the Magpies at bay. "It turned out there was no actual damage to the right eyeball itself, but the area around it was very inflamed," Mr Glindemann said. A Victorian man has told of the horrifying moment a magpie attacked him, leaving him with damage to both eyes. With the doctors concerned by the extent of his injuries, he was flown to the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, where he underwent surgery for two hours. I picked up the meal, which had fallen to the ground at this stage and started walking to my car, which wasn’t that far away. Glindemann said at that stage he had “not dropped my meal”, which appeared to have been a mistake. “I became a bit concerned at this stage. "Magpies and other native birds are protected in Victoria under the Wildlife Act 1975 and it is an offence to kill, take, control or harm wildlife in Victoria.". 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