Magpies

Ever since I was swooped by magpies on various occasions a few years ago, I would become anxious when around them. But I thought I might be getting a bit better in the last year or so. I was proved wrong this evening while taking Fluttershy for her walk. We had stopped for a little while near a playground  and there were quite a few magpies on the ground when we arrived. I wasn’t too fussed at first but then started thinking that I’d been swooped late in the season on more than one occasion. So I started trying to work out a pathway to avoid the birds. Ultimately, they all flew off so the problem was solved. Funnily enough, I don’t get too worked up about spiders or snakes or some of the ordinary fear-provoking creatures. But magpies are obviously still an issue for me.