The Guardian

A magpie can recognise you – and four other fun facts about Australia’s most often-spotted bird

The feathered friend was recorded in half of the 153,000 surveys in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count The Australian magpie has again topped the charts in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count ...

Social media fame for magpie stuck in supermarket

A magpie has gained notoriety on social media after getting trapped in a Sainsbury's supermarket, with managers battling for weeks to get the bird out. Shoppers at the Sainsbury's superstore in ...
The New York Times

‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes

Strips of sharp metal pins are meant to keep birds away from buildings. Some birds are stealing them to build their nests. A nest made from metal pins and other materials collected by magpies, found ...