I used to chat to 'mine' after I mowed the lawn. They always did a patrol in the late arvo after I mowed: "Hey mate, hope you get some good worms!".

The ones in my immediate area never swooped me, and I was also bike riding. Apparently, they recognise faces and let each other know who to swoop or not.

A couple of suburbs over, while on my bike, I got swooped a couple of times, but I think they got the word somehow, and I never got swooped again.

Meh, anecdotes and theories.

Perhaps magpies can recognise cunts, and that's who they swoop. We could let them loose in Parliament House and let's see who comes out alive.

IDC, I love their warbles and calls