British Solicitor Attacked ... Swoops Believes Such Attacks Are Unecessary

'I thought somebody had thrown something at me because I felt a sharp pain at the back of my head but I couldn't see anyone ..."

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Reference To Swoops Deleted From Wikipedia.

It was noticed days ago, that Wikipedia's reference to Swoops had been deleted. The only reference to Swoops found was to a Pringle looking potato-chip shaped chocolate candy manufactured by The Hershey Company. Who deleted Swoops' story from Wikipedia is not known at this time. Hershey? We hope not. AB Chronicle Staff must ask: Anyone actually ever eat a Hershey Swoop?

The Wikipedia site has now been restored.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoops

Incoming!

From the archives:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=41847

CBS 5 Makes It Official: Swoops Has Left The Building

http://cbs5.com/pets/sf.bird.attacks.2.1066339.html

We miss you Swoops and family!

A Video Retrospective

music by sonnetone

DJ At KFJC 89.7 FM Pays Tribute To Swoops

KFJC 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills in the South Bay played tribute to Swoops on Saturday morning during its 7 a.m to 8 a.m morning show. The Swoops tribute took place from 7:20 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. The tribute included "Three Fell Swoops" and "Swoop Factor."

The show can be downloaded from KFJC 89.7 website in the Broadcast Archives section or on iTunes in 'Eclectic' section.

Links to playlist and download of morning show:

http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=33032
http://www.kfjc.org/broadcast_archives/

Thanks for the tribute KFJC 89.7 FM in Los Altos!

AB Chronicle Staff Is Sad. Michael Jackson Dies.

Michael Jackson has died. Farrah has passed. Swoops has yet to return. It is a sad, sad day.

The moon walk ... the glitter glove ... the red leather jacket. We will never forget.

RIP Michael.
1958-2009

RIP Farrah.
1947-2009

Exotic Locales Of Swoops-Readership

Some of the more interesting locations which found Swoops on the internet:

* Canadian hits from Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Saskatoon.
* Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and even Iran registered hits.
* The African (see above) nations of Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Eritrea. Eritria?
* We also got 2 hits from Nepal, 1 from Cambodia, and 23 each from Malaysia and the Philippines. True bird lovers.

Swoops International Coverage

AB Chronicle's analytics team put together the following report on Swoops' wide ranging international influence. Swoops is known in over 99 countries - spanning all 7 continents. It is official. Swoops is famous.

Each of the 50 states and DC were heavy on readership. All of Europe (including Latvia, Estonia and Romania) followed Swoops. Most impressive was Hungary which logged more hits than Spain, Italy and Greece combined. Germany was second in hits to the USA and the UK was right behind. Vietnam, Egpyt and Morocco also logged in to enjoy the tales of Swoops.

Farewells To Swoops Flooding In From Around The Globe ... "We Miss You" "Nous Vous Manquons" "Мы пропускаем вас" "Wir Verfehlen Sie"

"私達は逃す。"

"Farewell Feathered Friends!
We will remember you always!"

"Nós faltamo-lo."

"... the Swoops Phenomenon really did bring some laughs and fun to an area where people usually keep their head down and go about their day. It gave random people in the financial district the opportunity to meet one another, laugh and converse. Maybe even a couple of human relationships blossomed out of the shared joy of watching Swoops divebomb unsuspecting pedestrians, ya never know. I'm glad the whole Swoops saga ended well."

"I have the picture of Little Swoops on Lunch Man's shoe on my desktop at work, everytime I see it I smile."

"Le faltamos, Swoops."

"Bye-bye Swoops family! Be safe! We'll miss ya'll."

"And the good thing is... Swoops didn't let all this fame get to his head... I hope next year he decides to have some more babies in that area. Until then... This is goodbye."

"The Blackbird family brought laughs and joy to an area that is known for neither laughs nor joy."

"As suddenly as the terror started, it is gone. I hope the whole Swoops family is safe and sound and maybe Swoops and Swipes are training the babies on head bombing somewhere right now!"

"One thing to keep in mind is that birds often return to prior nesting grounds on an annual basis. So in June 2010, keep your head up on Front Street."

"I miss Swoops too...I'm going to go put birdseed on my head and see if a NYC blackbird will attack me...it just won't be the same. =["

"I miss Swoops."

"I miss Swoops too."