You're oversimplify it. You don't know where they are until they are already swooping you. They've drawn blood on me before when I was walking from my car into

You're oversimplify it. You don't know where they are until they are already swooping you. They've drawn blood on me before when I was walking from my car into work. They are a menace for cyclists. A woman tripped over recently when being attacked by a magpie. She was carrying her baby. The baby died. Sure, if you know exactly where they are on a regular route you might be able to avoid them by taking a different route. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/qld-baby-dies-after-magpie-swoops-mother/100362406 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/qld-baby-dies-after-m... "People injure themselves panicking around Australian Magpies, far more than anything Magpies directly do." sounds just like victim-blaming. In comparison, koalas just stay in their trees when you walk past. Of course I'm generalising because the majority of magpies don't swoop and I like hearing their songs. But there are plenty of overly aggressive magpies that do real harm.