If you have magpies around your home or neighbourhood that you would like to befriend, the first step is to let them see your face from a distance, trying to make eye contact with the bird.

It's magpie nesting season — which means it's also ... try being a gentle ally to the birds. The trick is to make them realise you're not a threat, says Sean Dooley, public affairs manager ...

But clever magpies and crows in Europe have figured ... "They are using the material that we made to keep them away, to make a nest to make more birds," he told the BBC. The behavior, which ...

and, when bothered by a magpie, make eye contact and leave the bribe on the ground. It’s protection money, pure and simple. But it can be so effective that your new-found feathery friends will even ...

Make sure these berries aren't growing there Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. So unless they had nest failure and are making another try, they're finished for the season.

Bird-brained is a phrase that is usually used to make fun of people for being silly or stupid. But given the behavior of many of our feathered “friends,” it should be regarded as a compliment.

But that’s exactly how some crows and magpies in Europe have started styling their nests. These clever corvids have commandeered anti-bird spikes—the long strips of needle-like rods used to ...

to keep other birds away from their nest.” Magpies make a roof on their nest to prevent the robbery of eggs and young, and they specifically look for thorny plants in nature for this purpose.

The group of experts documented their findings about this new nest type — and the magpies and crows who make them — in a study published in the journal Deinsea, an online periodical from the ...