Comments on: Beware of attack birds http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: CLamb http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458975 CLamb Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458975 The municipality is profiling based on size and color. The municipality is profiling based on size and color.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458660 jimh Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458660 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!  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! 

]]> By: Robert Ragland http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458609 Robert Ragland Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458609 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! 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!

]]> By: Arnaud http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458581 Arnaud Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458581 And so it begins. And so it begins.

]]> By: Lexicat http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458509 Lexicat Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458509 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. 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.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458483 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458483 And the children of comedy writers. And the children of comedy writers.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458430 timquinn Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458430  What part of "Upper Noe" do you not understand?  What part of “Upper Noe” do you not understand?

]]> By: Paula Helm Murray http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458392 Paula Helm Murray Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458392 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. 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.

]]> By: dfoic http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458364 dfoic Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458364 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... 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…

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458360 ImmutableMichael Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458360 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 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

]]> By: crummett http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458337 crummett Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458337 I thought it said "...pecking at pubic."  Puts a whole different spin on things. I thought it said “…pecking at pubic.”  Puts a whole different spin on things.

]]> By: adamrice http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458322 adamrice Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458322 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/ 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/

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458276 Ambiguity Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458276 I think they're....angry! I think they’re….angry!

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458216 Nash Rambler Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458216 Don't worry, they only attack blond schoolteachers. Don’t worry, they only attack blond schoolteachers.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458197 David Pescovitz Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458197 What does it say? What does it say?

]]> By: alfanovember http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458173 alfanovember Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458173 "Upper Noe Recreation Center" says it all. “Upper Noe Recreation Center” says it all.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458146 B E Pratt Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458146 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. 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.

]]> By: Susan Carley Oliver http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/beware-of-attack-birds.html#comment-1458133 Susan Carley Oliver Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167616#comment-1458133 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.  :) 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.  :)

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