Spring is here

I know this because for the first time this season, I got dive bombed by magpies today. One of them was pretty persistent despite my flailing arms and ducking head - he hit my helmet 3-4 times before flying off to watch for the next cyclist. It's times like these that I"m glad I wear a helmet!

Still its nothing on bears as the news item below mentions....

http://news.yahoo.com/s//ap/20080910/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bicyclist_vs_bear

although it sounds awfully like this is a pretty rare occurrence when compared with the frequency of Magpie attacks. (http://austinbikeblog.org/)

C