The black-billed magpie, or American magpie, has striking black-and-white coloring and is found in the American West. These intelligent birds can mimic human speech and work together in teams to ...

Some birds, like the puffin ... soft grasses topped with leaves to cushion the eggs. Also known as the American magpie, the black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia) belongs to the Corvidae family.

Pond Recreational Area on the American River ... that knowledge base for our Central Valley birds. I have kind of a paternalistic attitude toward magpies in general because they're clever ...

Yellow-billed Magpie perches on a vineyard post ... In 2022 researchers estimated that the North American bird population had lost nearly three billion breeding adults since 1970.

Rios said he was first pecked on the head by a dive-bombing magpie bird on Sept. 20 — and he thought it was an odd occurrence. “The first time, I felt something knock at my head,” he said.

Some birds are stealing them to build their nests. A nest made from metal pins and other materials collected by magpies, found in a sugar maple tree in Antwerp, Belgium.Credit...Auke-Florian ...