Magpies can have a bad reputation as noisy and aggressive toward other bird species, but they're at the top of the bird chain for their large brain size. Adobe Stock photo
Magpies â smart, witty birds
When I moved to Colorado, I was excited to see new Western bird species and it didn’t take long to add my first bird of Colorado. The excitement occurred after my husband and I drove over Monarch Pass, down to the valley prior to arriving in Gunnison.
A beautiful black and white bird with an impressive long, iridescent tail with flashes of blue-green highlights flew across the road in front of our car. By the time we arrived in Gunnison we had seen many of these birds mostly in groups along the...
