With their large size, bold pied plumage, and fondness for open areas, black-billed magpies are easily seen. They hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Monotypic. Length ...

Nita Jalkanen says she checks on the avian neighbours that fly into her Edmonton backyard to drink from her bird bath nearly ...

The bird is seen in murals around town and locals sometimes wear magpie costumes for Halloween. Elly Knight, an avian ecologist with the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, says that’s why it ...

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 ...

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 ...

The yellow-billed magpie population decreased by about 85% within just a year or two after West Nile virus arrived. You [could] find dead magpies laying around all over the place here at that time.

The black-billed magpie is crowned the official bird of Edmonton. Are we promoting a smart bird with a charming character, or ...

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 ...

Image | Black-billed Magpie. Caption: The black-billed magpie is a native prairie bird found in large quantities across Alberta. (Chris Fisher) ...

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 ...