"It's only when there's chicks in the nest [that they swoop]. The males are doing their job, they reckon, of protecting the chicks."
"It doesn't stop the magpies swooping the cyclists, but it stops them from hitting the cyclists,"he said.
"If every magpie was swooping people all the time, Australia wouldn't be habitable."
"Council rolled out brand new simple and highly visible signs around two years ago to ensure people can take the necessary precautions during swooping season,"Ms Hutton said.
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