Beware of attack birds

2E269B5Abe3711E192E91231381B3D7A 7 I spotted this somewhat disconcerting sign at a playground yesterday. (BTW, I've starting playing with Instagram. If you care to follow, I'm @pescovitz)

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Susan Carley Oliver

Pretty common to have birds defend their territory in this manner. Just wear safety goggles until the babies have fledged and you’ll be fine. :)
http://twitter.com/beep54orama B E Pratt

Caps should be worn too. I been bonked on the head by birds before. And at night too which seemed a bit unusual. Very startling.
alfanovember

“Upper Noe Recreation Center” says it all.
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  What does it say?
  - timquinn
    
    What part of “Upper Noe” do you not understand?
Nash Rambler

Don’t worry, they only attack blond schoolteachers.
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  And the children of comedy writers.
Ambiguity

I think they’re….angry!
adamrice

There’s a park in Tokyo, Arisugawa-koen, that is a haven for ravens (seriously). Some parts of it make you feel like you’re in a Hitchcock movie. Which is why you see signs like this (the warning in Japanese is a little more urgent-sounding). http://www.flickr.com/photos/quelqu/3824488045/
http://www.markcrummett.com crummett

I thought it said “…pecking at pubic.” Puts a whole different spin on things.
ImmutableMichael

There’s nothing quite as terrifying as riding past a magpie nest during breeding season and seeing a magpie’s shadow and yours rapidly converging….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Magpie#Swooping
dfoic

I think they’re starlings. There’s some here in the East Bay that are downright mean. When they are out, I change my walk home from the BART station…
http://www.facebook.com/Paula.Helm.Murray Paula Helm Murray

Redwing blackbirds are also bravely, nastily aggressive. Worked in a building downtown where a pair had set up housekeeping in a decorative Bradford pear tree. Good thing the building had two entrances because the bird made the one a real challenge.
Lexicat

Anyone who lived in Noe Valley in the Oughties and didn’t know there was an insane grackle dive bombing pedestrians across the street from from the defunct Real Food grocery store clearly didn’t get out much.
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/6AM6JPFGJ3RPDYTKKW53YYKPWU Arnaud

And so it begins.
Robert Ragland

Hey that’s *my* park! My bf and I take our dog Toby there everyday! I didn’t know a boing-boinger (boinger-boing?) was there as well! Cool!
jimh

Where I catch the train at Carl/Cole, there’s a little dog park. Some years ago, I would get pecked on the head almost every day walking under the tree before I gave up and started taking a different route to the train. The birds would actually sort of hover, and come back in for seconds! Now I know where the birds relocated to. A better neighborhood!
CLamb

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