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 ...

These are black-billed magpies (Pica pica). The species is currently considered to comprise about twelve subspecies, spread across much of the northern hemisphere.

Black-billed magpies are year-round residents in our part of the Red River Valley, so I'm not surprised to see one on a drive through the countryside. I am pleased, though, because it shows me the ...

Non-parental infanticide in a dense population of the Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica). Journal of Ethology , 2011; DOI: 10.1007/s10164-011-0275-z Cite This Page : ...

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 ...

Black-billed magpies are among the few wild animals that have been shown to recognize humans. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. May 17, 2011, 3:38 PM EDT. By John Roach, Contributing Writer, NBC News.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...