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Spring in Australia is swooping season, which also makes it a good time of year to wear a helmet.
John Kanard has been delivering mail in Canberra for the past two years and has never been swooped.
Mr Kanard, who grew up in Canberra, was made redundant from his previous job nearly three years ago. He applied for a position with Australia Post not thinking much of it.
Australia Post postman John Kanard has found the best defence against swooping magpies is a muesli bar. Photo: Karleen Minney
"The job was offered and I thought, well it's better than nothing... from my point of view I've got a great job, even on a rainy day," Mr Kanard said.
"As soon as I started, I thought, there are magpies everywhere in Reid and Campbell, the best thing I can do is educate them about who I am, which is basically what I do."
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As a young boy Mr Kanard joined the Royal Canberra Golf Club where the captain of the junior team was an ornithologist who schooled him in the art of magpie whispering.
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