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Magpie - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Magpies are birds of the Corvidae (crow) family, including the black and white Eurasian magpie, which is considered one of the most intelligent animals in the world, and the only non-mammal species able to recognize itself in a mirror test.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie
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Black-billed Magpie - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia), also known as the American magpie, is a bird in the crow family that inhabits the western half of North America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-billed_magpie
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Magpie (Pica Pica) - A-Z Animals
The magpie is a small to medium sized bird that is found across the globe. The magpie is most closely related to the crow, but the magpie has highly distinguishable black and white feathers which make magpies easy to spot..
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/magpie/
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Black-billed Magpie, Life History - AllAboutBirds
Learn how to identify Black-billed Magpie, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. Black-billed Magpies are familiar and entertaining birds of western North America. They sit on fenceposts and road signs or flap across rangelands, their white wing patches flashing and their very long tails trailing behind them.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/black-billed_magpie/lifehistory
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Black-billed Magpie - Audubon Field Guide
Black-billed Magpies add much to western landscapes, both with their flashy appearance and with their big bushel-basket nests in trees. In an earlier era, farmers and ranchers tried to exterminate this species, but to no avail, and it is common today in open country and even in towns in the mountain west.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/black-billed-magpie
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Magpie - Pica pica - ARKive
Learn more about the Magpie - with amazing Magpie videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/magpie/pica-pica/
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Magpie Singing - Imitating Barking Dog, Siren and Other Birds - YouTube
Rarely seen Magpie male singing array of imitated sounds including Siren and Barking Dog! Very impressive repetoire he shares with us when he is alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-9dYCPRUuQ
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BBC - Earth - The Truth About Magpies
Supposedly they steal shiny objects to line their nests, but that story comes from a 19th-century French play
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150408-the-truth-about-magpies
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BirdWeb - Black-billed Magpie
Black-billed Magpie habitat, behavior, diet, migration patterns, conservation status, and nesting.
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/black-billed_magpie
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Bird Watch Ireland: Magpie
Frequently asked questions about Magpies
http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Advice/FAQ/MagpieFAQ/tabid/374/Default.aspx
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Beauty of Birds: Magpie
In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia. That bird was referred to as a "pie" until the late sixteenth century when the feminine name "mag" was added to the beginning.
https://www.beautyofbirds.com/magpies.html
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Black-Billed Magpies - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about black-billed magpies with facts, pictures, videos, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/black-billed-magpie
