It's breeding season for magpies here (Australia) at the moment. So you're likely to get swooped expectantly. Recent studies have shown they recognise specific

It's breeding season for magpies here (Australia) at the moment. So you're likely to get swooped expectantly. Recent studies have shown they recognise specific people they consider a threat and will swoop them year after year. I remember as a kid watching our cat running from the shed up the back across the yard to the house. He was hunkered down, going like a bullet as a magpie dive-bombed him three times.