Flight: relatively slow, with steady, rowing wingbeats, but the birds are easily able to quickly change direction in flight. Magpies usually swoop up or down to perch. While monotypic, birds in ...

Juliette Wells and her partner Reece saved a baby magpie from a dog park two years ago, and now the bird is bonded with the couple's Staffordshire bull terriers Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

Spring is in the air and with it comes swooping season for the infamous magpie birds. These iconic black and white birds, native to Australia, are generally charming songbirds, but during breeding ...

A magpie's call is a harsh mechanical chakk-kackk-kackk. Their song is more musical with high squeaks. They are noisy when alarmed — such when a cat or bird of prey is nearby. Magpies can look ...

He’s published numerous papers on the bird. This year, his population survey was spread over 15 sites throughout Sacramento County. He counted 850 yellow-billed magpies at the sites and says ...