If you feel like the magpie that swoops during the spring hates you, chances are it probably does.

Or at least, it's personal.

Of course there are always other dangers for cyclists, as Canberra Times photographer Jay Cronan found out in 2014. Credit:Jamila Toderas

Research has found magpies are able to use facial recognition to determine who they target.

Griffith University behavioural ecologist Dr Darryl Jones said magpies were able to recognise people by their facial features, remember people who regularly passed through their territory, and could distinguish between those different people.