Swoop

So I've never been swooped by a magpie.  In thirty eight years.  Until last night.  But even then, I'm not sure it was a true swooping, because this bird had been tormenting people all day and we'd even watched out the windows, so knew it was there and was waiting for it.  Funnily enough staring it down made no difference.  I actually thought it was quite a novelty and just watched it and teased it back (which probably made it more agro but hey).  It didn't really come anywhere near me.