The species can only be found in parts of Northern and Central California. It was hit hard by the West Nile Virus in the ...

With their large size, bold pied plumage, and fondness for open areas, black-billed magpies are easily seen. They hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Monotypic.

Wells said she was walking outside in the fall of 2020 when she came across a baby magpie that had fallen from its nest. She rescued it from “certain death,” she said, and brought the magpie home.

Magpies are also able to recognise people's faces and they don't dive bomb people they are familiar with, she said. "So say you're walking your dog in a park every morning and you don't even need ...