7/7/05 Nesting on aspen tree outside our rental cabin at Convict Lake, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Black-Billed Magpie
COMMON NAME: Black-Billed Magpie
SPECIES: Pica hudsonia
FAMILY: Corvidae (Crows, Jays & Magpies)
FAMILY: Corvidae (Crows, Jays & Magpies)
LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/2005
LOCATION: Pair nesting on aspen tree at Convict Lake, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA
From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: Open woods, stream side trees. Common in summer in woods of canyons and riversides. Flies out from perch to catch aerial insects. Compact nests of plant fibers and downy materials, covered with silvery leaves or lichens, built over a horizontal limb or fork 8-40 ft. high.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6 1/2"; Confusingly plain, with faint wing bars, no eye ring. Prominent peach at back of head; grayish olive above, whitish throat. Adult has black upper bill, usually some orange at base of lower bill.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6 1/2"; Confusingly plain, with faint wing bars, no eye ring. Prominent peach at back of head; grayish olive above, whitish throat. Adult has black upper bill, usually some orange at base of lower bill.
VOICE: Song is a fee-err-reet. Call is a burry descending feeer. Male sings continuously through breeding season. Dawn-song, a rapidly repeated version of song, lasting up to half an hour, can be given early in morning.
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