The cyclist

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By way of clarification, Steve, in their breeding season (which is not now) our magpies can become very defensive of their nest areas and divebomb passers-by. It seems they sometimes prefer to attack cyclists.

Ah. Thanks for the explanation!

I see the title ok George .... ;-) not sure about the pc being old though ... hehehe I'll say no more ... ;-)))

bien le casque anti moustiques

Great headgear George, that is a new one for me.
I uploaded and amended images this morning without issue.

That helmet looks really funny! Diving birds are a serious issue though. We have breeding buzzards around here who attack joggers and cyclists, one landed in A&E with a bleeding head wound.
I didn't have any issues with ipernity either.

Superbe,une belle idée géniale et surtout très originale que de porter de tel casque .

Lovely capture..
Have a good week ;-)

LOL...he fears pigeons?!!!

Sometimes if the tittle is too long the note does not stay...

Marvelous shot!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance

Love the helmet..

and no.. no problems !

Graciosa imagen, saludos.

Beautifully captured.
Congrats on Explore.

A funny helmet. Nice shot, but without your explanation it would be very mysterious, George!

Thanks for your comment, faves and feedback, everyone. It seems I've (at least for the moment) cured my problem with ipernity - I use a 'cookie blocker' and it seems that's where the problem has begun to arise. I've used it for a year or two, but suddenly ipernity is only working when it's set to "pause". Goodness knows why, I presume some changes to code somewhere...

For those not in Australia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie
Scroll down to 'Swooping'.

Thanks, Graham. We have plenty of magpies and have never had a problem, I guess it's the old story of a few giving all a bad name. :-)

I heard something about the swooping on ABC RN (Science Show?) in the last year that it's only around 20% of all that ever swoop (I think the study quoted a figure of 22%).

Love it...esp the anti swooping helmet....
Very Aussie shot, George

Many thanks, Diana. It was irresistible. :-)