Up in the tree, magpies had built a nest from a staggering 1,500 pieces of metal spikes. Auke-Florian Hiemstra, the study lead author, described it as an “impregnable fortress” as birds use ...
Molly (the magpie) came into Peggy’s (a Staffordshire terrier) life when Peggy’s family rescued this Australian native bird back in 2020. Birds and dogs are definitely an unconventional duo – but ...
The final round of voting for Edmonton's City Bird is now open. The boreal chickadee, blue jay, and black-billed magpie are the three species flying for your vote to be Edmonton's avian representative ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — Birds are the undisputed champions of epic travel -- but they are not the only long-haul fliers. A handful of bats are known to travel thousands of kilometers in continental ...
A magpie-lark swooped down from the sky, its beak piercing her right eye. Jan Wright had emergency surgery on her eye in September following a bird attack in Melbourne. Credit: Luis Enrique Ascui ...
Magpies, often dubbed the "hooligans" of the wild bird kingdom, can wreak havoc on gardens, particularly during the breeding season. Adorned with striking black and white plumage and long tails ...
It all started two years ago with the arrival of an injured magpie named Penny. Someone posted a message on a Facebook group saying they had found a seriously-injured bird and didn't know what to ...