The Black-billed Magpie is unmistakeable, with its striking black and white body pattern and streaming ornamental tail. Often when I meet people who are visiting Colorado or relocating from the ...

The first time I heard and saw a black-billed magpie, I was sure someone’s exotic and very expensive pet had escaped its aviary. I lived in the top story of a Victorian house on the wrong side of the ...

Although you may not realize it, most people are familiar with the corvid family of passerines, or perching birds. In our northern Minnesota region American crows, northern ravens and blue jays are ...

Black-billed magpies are year-round residents in our part of the Red River Valley, so I'm not surprised to see one on a drive through the countryside. I am pleased, though, because it shows me the ...

WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING. TIME NOW IS 617, AND THIS WEEK’S EXPLORE OUTDOORS REPORT, MIKE TESELLE HIGHLIGHTS A SPOT TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE, EVEN IN THE WINTER MONTHS. THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF ...

Often when I meet people who are visiting Colorado or relocating from the eastern U.S., they ask “What is that beautiful black and white bird with the long tail?” My typical shrugging reply is, “Oh ...

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