While spring marks magpie swooping season, it turns out there are many different, not to mention disgusting, ways other Australian birds protect their young while they are in the nest.

Mum’s eye left ‘bloody and bruised’ after magpie swoop. A mum has issued a chilling warning after her eye was left “bloody and bruised” after a terrifying magpie attack.

While spring marks magpie swooping season, it turns out there are many different, not to mention disgusting, ways other Australian birds protect their young while they are in the nest.

This Is How Australian Magpies Are Like Something From A Horror Film. Swooping season gets a hard pass from me. By ... resulting in occassional injury and drawing blood, and, ...