One of my favorite wildlife experiences is watching a coyote trot through the sagebrush with a black-billed magpie in tow. I’ve only seen this a few times since we moved out West in 1974, so it’s ...

What makes us consider a living thing a “pest” or less valuable than others? Often, it comes down to two things: the ...

The magpies are out and about right now. It’s because the birds, like many other animals that call Colorado home year-round, are preparing for the looming winter. The black-billed magpies in Colorado ...

Thief, bully, clown, opportunist and raucous scavenger, whatever the role, throughout human history the magpie has been associated with the occult, witches and myth. A large black and white member of ...

Occurred on August 12, 2022 / Parma, Idaho, USA Info from Licensor: "Meet Pie, a black-billed magpie with a bright future ahead of him. After being orphaned as a nestling, he was almost out of luck ...

Black-billed magpies can be seen walking, soaring and chirping in nearly every neighbourhood in Edmonton. Elly Knight, an avian ecologist with the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, says ...