Why are there supposedly absolutely no sightings of black-billed magpies in the yellow-billed magpies' range, or vice versa, I wonder. And why are the yellow-billed magpies dying off right now? I literally see them dying. Are the black-billed magpies dying off too, where they live?
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Re: Magpie Differences
Tue, November 8, 2005 - 12:05 PMThe magpie die off may well be west nile virus; the corvids are notoriously susceptible to it. -
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Tue, November 8, 2005 - 2:54 PMI dont know why but I couldnt belive it when you said that it could be west nile virus. I did a google search and you are completely correct. So scarry! I guess they are dying by the thousands. -
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Tue, November 8, 2005 - 3:39 PMSo are we supposed to report dead magpies to the CDC or health department or something? I know you're supposed to report dead crows and ravens. I hadn't heard anything about magpies, but it would make sense to do so.
Of course here on the San Francisco peninsula I don't see a lot of magpies, dead OR alive. -
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Tue, November 8, 2005 - 8:35 PMhmmm.....I'd probably start w/ local Fish and Game and see what they say.
Here in the SF Sunset District, the crows and ravens are healthy and fit and sassy as can be.
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Thu, November 10, 2005 - 8:20 AMY'know the whole yellow-black billed magpie thing is a genetic issue. The Yellows are essentially in an isolated area bc California is surrounded by a lot of mountains and only occasionally to black-billed mp's get in. When they do, their genetic profile gets diluted after a generation or two. Same thing if a yellow gets out. You can see a similar issue in squirrels, especially in the Grand Canyon, there's actually a great example of genetic islands there. -
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Thu, November 10, 2005 - 10:56 PMThe Magpie Song:
One for sorrow
Two for mirth
Three for a death
Four for a birth
Five for heaven
Six for hell
Seven's the Devil his own sel'
Murders of Crows and Unkindesses of Ravens, whats the collective name for a group of Magpies? -
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Fri, November 11, 2005 - 8:59 AMIt should be a gossip. I love hearing them prattle on and on. -
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Sun, November 13, 2005 - 5:36 PMSome years ago, while apparently being followed hopefuly by a group of them, I coined "a cortege of vultures" :-) -
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Mon, November 14, 2005 - 12:30 PMVery nice, Y'know if you ever find yourself training for a seminar of something at Aikido of San Leandro, there is a small group of eucalyptus trees a couple blocks away with a cortege of about fifty turkey voltures, it's very cool when they all take off at once.
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Fri, April 20, 2007 - 4:08 PMhi everyone. Just joined!
.....over here in the UK they are known as a 'tiding' or a 'tittering'. Although i quite like the idea of a gossip! -
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