Bird road rage (H****T content)

MartinM said:

Holsworthy Devon

That's where we're going for our summer holiday!

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Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Or carry an airgun.

Simonb said:

MartinM said:

Holsworthy Devon

That's where we're going for our summer holiday!

Quoted message said:

Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Or carry an airgun.

That won't do you any good. You won't see it coming. And if you can
hit a swooping buzzard with an air gun while riding a bike I will be
most impressed. :-)

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

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MartinM said:

Holsworthy Devon

That's where we're going for our summer holiday!

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Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Or carry an airgun.

Please don't joke about shooting raptors, unless you actually think plagues of
rodents are a good thing.
--
Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen

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MartinM said:

Holsworthy Devon

That's where we're going for our summer holiday!

Quoted message said:

Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Or carry an airgun.

Please don't joke about shooting raptors, unless you actually think
plagues of rodents are a good thing.

But birds are just rodents with wings.

MartinM said:

A Buzzard in Holsworthy Devon has been attacking local cyclists
including a 65 year old gent who received a 4" gash to his head.
Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Obviously painting eyes on the top of any other form of hat has been tested
and proven to be less effective...

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Simonb said:

But birds are just rodents with wings.

Ah - but Raptors are very good at killing Squirrels, so you should be
nice to them.

Not sure about Buzzards, but I've been "buzzed" by Barn Owls a couple of
times recently.

We do have some excellent birds in this country; both feathered and
non-feathered varieties...

--
Chris

Succorso said:

Simonb said:

But birds are just rodents with wings.

Ah - but Raptors are very good at killing Squirrels, so you should be
nice to them.

Not sure about Buzzards, but I've been "buzzed" by Barn Owls a couple of
times recently.

I regularly get buzzed by curlews and lapwings. It can be quite nice
having a lapwing wheeling through the air trying to draw me down the road
and away from its chicks.

Colin

Mark South said:

Please don't joke about shooting raptors, unless you actually think plagues of
rodents are a good thing.

Do buzzards really count as raptors? I thought they were just crows with
good PR.

James

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Mark South said:

Please don't joke about shooting raptors, unless you actually think
plagues of rodents are a good thing.

Do buzzards really count as raptors? I thought they were just crows
with good PR.

James

http://www.rspb.org/birds/guide/b/buzzard/index.asp

Buzzard
Buteo buteo
AKA: Common buzzard
The commonest UK bird of prey, it is quite large with broad, rounded wings,
and a short neck and tail.

--
Rob

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and benefit.

Martinm said:

Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

But how would the buzzard see down their shorts

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FranklynMint said:

Martinm said:

Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

But how would the buzzard see down their shorts?

That's easy! Buzzards don't wear shorts.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:15:56 GMT someone who may be Dave Kahn
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Or carry an airgun.

That won't do you any good. You won't see it coming. And if you can
hit a swooping buzzard with an air gun while riding a bike I will be
most impressed. :-)

A small net, arranged above the head. Then the bird can be cooked
for tea.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E
I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government
prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

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Quoted message said:

MartinM said:

A Buzzard in Holsworthy Devon has been attacking local cyclists
including a 65 year old gent who received a 4" gash to his head.
Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Obviously painting eyes on the top of any other form of hat has been
tested and proven to be less effective...

Just back from my lunchtime ride. Two Buzzards, a Red Kite and an RAF
Tornado, none of which thought I was worth attacking. Must have been my
ancient GAN team cap.

--
Rob

Please keep conversations in the newsgroup so that all may contribute
and benefit.

David Hansen said:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:15:56 GMT someone who may be Dave Kahn
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Or carry an airgun.

That won't do you any good. You won't see it coming. And if you can
hit a swooping buzzard with an air gun while riding a bike I will be
most impressed. :-)

A small net, arranged above the head. Then the bird can be cooked
for tea.

Also useful at the end of the ride if you want to draw a veil over
your performance.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

you know? said:

MartinM said:

A Buzzard in Holsworthy Devon has been attacking local cyclists
including a 65 year old gent who received a 4" gash to his head.
Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Obviously painting eyes on the top of any other form of hat has been tested
and proven to be less effective...

Really you just need eyes in the back of your head.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

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Quoted message said:

MartinM said:

A Buzzard in Holsworthy Devon has been attacking local cyclists
including a 65 year old gent who received a 4" gash to his head.
Cyclists have been advised to paint two eyes on their helmets!

Obviously painting eyes on the top of any other form of hat has been tested
and proven to be less effective...

Of course some of us would be able to apply the eyes directly to bald pate ;-)

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Mark South said:

Please don't joke about shooting raptors, unless you actually think plagues

of

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rodents are a good thing.

Do buzzards really count as raptors? I thought they were just crows with
good PR.

This is just great: let's lose the image of cycling as an ecologically friendly
activity, shall we? After all, our support is so overwhelming across the
population that we can afford to alienate a bunch of the public whenever we feel
like....
--
Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen

Mark South said:

This is just great: let's lose the image of cycling as an
ecologically friendly activity, shall we? After all, our support is
so overwhelming across the population that we can afford to alienate
a bunch of the public whenever we feel like....

This is between us and the faux-eagles, I know where my loyalties lie.

Robert Bruce said:

http://www.rspb.org/birds/guide/b/buzzard/index.asp

Buzzard
Buteo buteo
AKA: Common buzzard
The commonest UK bird of prey, it is quite large with broad, rounded wings,
and a short neck and tail.

Well I knew that, but was under the (apparently mistaken) that their
diet was mainly carrion. (In fact it appears that their diet _was_
largely carrion a few decades back due to myxomatosis cutting rabbit
numbers.) Of course I'm not really suggesting shooting them, but they
are hardly in short supply!

James