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 ...

For the record, the magpies that [Hans] is training are very intelligent and strikingly beautiful birds who delight in swooping down to harass people, and who will gladly steal food from other ...

After votes were counted, the magpie was the clear winner to be Edmonton's official bird. Michael Overduin is the founder of Edmonton River project, and he helped design the magpie image associated ...