Baby dies after mother falls while trying to dodge swooping magpie at Brisbane park

[Still Waters]

A baby girl has died after an incident involving a swooping magpie at a Brisbane park.

Paramedics said the infant sustained critical injuries after her mother tripped and fell while trying to avoid the bird on Sunday afternoon at Glindemann Park in Holland Park West.

The baby was taken to the Queensland Children's Hospital but later died.

It comes after Brisbane City Council workers removed several birds from the park.

The council's standards chair Kim Marx said an exclusion zone had been established at the site.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/qld-baby-dies-after-magpie-swoops-mother/100362406

[HandsomeGorilla]

can you imagine how the mother feels 

[+susieice]

It can be frightening and shocking when a bird swoops down on you like that. Sea Gulls do that a lot too. I feel terrible for the mother. She was only trying to protect her baby too. And the rest of the baby's family. Such a horrible loss.

[+and-then]

26 minutes ago, HandsomeGorilla said:

can you imagine how the mother feels 

No... dear God, how awful to have to live with that memory.

[HandsomeGorilla]

1 minute ago, and then said:

No... dear God, how awful to have to live with that memory.

and you just know she'll probably blame herself for the death of her baby 

[+susieice]

14 minutes ago, HandsomeGorilla said:

and you just know she'll probably blame herself for the death of her baby 

That's just as sad of a part of this whole thing. 

[Still Waters]

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