Tag: magpie
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Corvids Carrying Cargo Create Conundrums
Two corvids carry stuff in their beaks, but offer no answers as to what … or why.
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Forecast was for an inch, soon to melt off
A brave, or foolish, magpie looks for a meal. I’m just really impressed that it built up as it did. Evan a little breeze will tip snow this deep over. Evidently, it was a really calm night. Thirteen and a half inches of very heavy, wet snow. Pretty, though. And we’re always glad for the…
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Bitter Cold Brings Birds To the Feeder
Welcome to the Second Day of Winter! Well, actually, this was written on the second day of winter, but it didn’t get posted properly, and so it is now old news. But still interesting? You decide … We hit -15 this morning, prompting the dogs to call off their morning walk by the time they…
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Blue and Black Magpie follows me on the trail
This magpie was my buddy at my BudBurst site on Apex trail in Jefferson County earlier this week. It and two others have been calling back and forth to each other for a couple of weeks, but this time, one of the magpies stayed with me as I made my way up the trail and…
Amy Law, Science Geek 