Showing posts with label Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli). Show all posts
Monday, November 25, 2019

Catching Up With Our California Endemic: The Yellow-billed Magpie

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I see them pretty much every day, so it's easy sometimes to forget that this is an exceedingly rare bird. There are less than 200,000 ...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Close Encounters with a "Rare" Bird: Yellow-billed Magpie on My Campus

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I sometimes have to remind myself that I'm privileged here in California to see a rare bird on a regular basis. There are hundreds of...
Monday, November 26, 2018

Why Yes, I am the Center of the Universe: Yellow-billed Magpie on the Tuolumne River

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Just a quick single picture tonight. This is a Yellow-billed Magpie ( Pica nuttalli ), one of California's very few endemic bird spe...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

The Yellow-billed Magpie, One of California's Truly Endemic Species

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We have a particularly beautiful bird inhabiting our campus, but unless you live here in California, you don't get to see it except i...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Speaking of California Endemics, Here Are Some Yellow-billed Magpies, Found Nowhere Else in the World

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The Sierra Nevada is a barrier to more than just humans. Magpies "invaded" the western United States from Asia perhaps 3-4 milli...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Yellow-billed Magpies on the West Campus

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One of the few birds that are truly endemic to California, the Yellow-billed Magpies ( Pica nuttalli ) are an elegant looking species. The...
Friday, September 4, 2015

California's Endemic: Yellow-billed Magpie on the West Campus, Back from the Brink, Maybe?

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California has precious few endemic species of birds. In one sense, this fact seems odd, given the many ecological "islands" in ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Bird of the Day: California's Endemic, the Yellow-billed Magpie

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Today's bird is one of my favorites. The Yellow-billed Magpie ( Pica nuttalli ) is found only in California, mostly in the Great Valle...