“The elderly woman was a magpie, meticulously amassing a vast assortment of trinkets and treasures throughout her lifetime.”

“One can detect his magpie mind at work throughout these 60 tracks, constantly seeking silver keys with which to unlatch the doors of grooviness.”

“As we took the top out of it I found a huge nest which is what I assume was the magpie house.”

“The corvids of North America consist of one species of jackdaw, four crows, two ravens, one nutcracker, two magpies, and ten species of jays.”

“Put bluntly, these birds, which include crows, ravens, magpies, and jays, can be real jerks.”

“Disturbance after eggs are laid provides opportunities for predation by carrion crows, jays, kestrels, magpies, foxes and mink.”