Knocked Out by Magpie, they aren’t just annoying their Dangerous

14 Oct, 2019 - 6 years ago - on Great Northern Highway
Out for a nice tailwind ride had hit 44kph by the bottom of a small creek crossing, got smashed in the head by something hard, and after that don't remember a thing, got knocked out cold.

I spent 8 hours in the hospital, doctors said my now smashed helmet was what saved me and if I hadn't had one on it would have been a very different story.

The next day I checked my cameras to see what had happened and found a Magpie had followed me for 200m and made 3 attempts to swoop me, before botching the 4th and knocking me out. The bike ended up in the middle of Great Northern Highway, it was good no cars or trucks were any closer as it could have been a lot worse.