| 单词 | magpie |
| 例句 | “Corvids” is a fancy name for birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And then a magpie landed on the miller’s barn and would not be chased away. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here we are chatting like magpies, and your darling granddaughter still so sick.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana spent a final peaceful moment on the hillside overlooking Milagro, listening to the magpies’ chatter and to roosters crowing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they no longer have to swallow their own tears or suffer the taunts of magpies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A magpie fluttered out of one of the rhododendron bushes growing near the house, and a couple of fat sparrows pecked busily at invisible insects in the gravel, but that was all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A squirrel recommended that she speak with the magpies. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then, while magpies jabbered like a bunch of excited monkeys in the branches overhead, and with two sparrowhawks quiet on the telephone lines across by the highway, Joe fell into a peculiar reverie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been out since before it got light, it’s barely dawn now, deathly quiet except for the occasional outburst of chatter from the magpies in the trees above my head. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A robin, I saw, a woodpecker, a magpie, a blackbird, and far off I think I heard a nightingale, though I’m not sure you get them in January. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There was activity below him now, cattle and horses and sheep moving, the sheep bells clanging, and birds—magpies and bluebirds and killdeer—everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hear the magpies—they’re laughing, mocking me, a raucous cackling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn instinctively went to comfort her— “Don’t look, little magpie!”—and the soldier riding shotgun fired into the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Nancy picked up a stone, throwing it at a magpie on a nearby fence post. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As he opened the heavy door and stepped out of the porch into the sunlight, two magpies rose up from the gate, and flapped through the air above his head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It was quiet here, the sun had grown sultry, and although magpies were gathered in the cottonwoods by Indian Creek, they made no noise now. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A magpie, seeing some light-colored object conspicuous on the empty slope, flew closer to look. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And like a magpie I bring these scraps and twigs back to the store. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Three magpies perched in a hawthorn tree took wing as he passed them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He fought rats, magpies, gray squirrels and, once, a crow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She noticed the same two magpies singing to each other from across the same meadow every evening. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Pretty ladies kept robins and sparrows for pets, or tried very hard to teach their magpies to talk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "You chatter like magpies, and with less sense. I will have quiet." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Above me I could see the beaks of a thousand magpies drinking from the pond, drinking and singing happily and filling their snow-white bellies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman who looked like a magpie and who Meggie didn’t really like to remember was standing beside them, impatiently giving directions. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Swooper the owl hobbled in, followed by some chickadees and a magpie. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Perilee calls her their little magpie, and the nickname fits like a glove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Only between them, no magpies formed a bridge across the oceans. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At the far comer of the field some blackbirds and three magpies were wading in the water and muck, hunting for choice tidbits. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then a magpie sent them over to the beaver pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A magpie flew up as she walked in, a flash of black and white and iridescent green, and settled in the branches of a yew tree, watching her. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Katherine is chatty as a magpie on the way to the mayor’s house, and even Miss Duncan looks a bit fatigued from attempting to share in her good humor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I wondered if she was thinking of a sweet little magpie then; I was. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She looked like an old magpie, with her gray hair scraped back and a pointed nose that didn't seem to fit her small, wrinkled face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Opposite each brown triangle was a splash of color, something that reminded me of our little magpie, all bright and full of life. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I passed along the grounds, black-and-white magpies and longtailed red birds scattering as I went. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The magpies arrived at 10:30, on schedule. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I gently laid our little magpie down on the sofa, Mulie across her chest. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Goodness, you magpies,” he said into the abrupt silence that fell. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He always had the idea that this growing magpie’s nest would one day become part of his art. At the Dumbo Arts Festival, a Dumpster Full of Memories 2011-09-22T21:31:36Z They are magpies, on duty 24/7, and are often responsible for catapulting unknown actors to stardom. Casting directors are essential to any great film – so where are their Oscars? 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Throughout his life Wilson always remained an intellectual magpie. UFOs, alien abductions, the occult: to one man, the building blocks of scholarship 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Dimbleby says foodies such as himself are permanent magpies who are "constantly travelling, eating, finding kernels of ideas and morphing them". Snack to the future: foraging in Texas for the next big food sensation 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Almost anyone with a little cash, a knack for wire-twisting and a magpie eye, could make their own versions at home, just as Sharif did in the modest Dubai apartment where he lived and worked. The Materials Man of the Emirates 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Fiction, she said, is a “magpie” art, that necessarily involves taking bits and pieces not just from imagination or direct experience, but from the our observations of others. Is Self-Censorship a Problem for Writers? 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Demand’s film choices are just as inspired, ranging from Tacita Dean’s meditative sequences of pears fermenting in a glass jar and magpies rustling bare tree branches, to Ger Van Elk’s wonderfully perverse “Well-Shaven Cactus.” Art Review: Out-Magritting Magritte, or at Least Coming Close 2011-08-11T21:37:51Z The omnivorous imagination of Alessandro Michele continues its march over the countryside, redesigning the hills and furrows of the modern wardrobe in the brand’s current magpie image. Gucci Has a Rave in a Cemetery 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Again, the magpie imagination was in evidence: the futuristic soundscapes of German groups, Kraftwerk and Neu!, aligned to the cut-up style of lyrical composition that Bowie had absorbed years before from the Beat writers. Who is David Bowie? A guide to the V&A retrospective 2013-02-16T19:59:00Z Outside, at the far end of the lawn with the free-range peacocks, there are more exotic birds, including azure-winged magpies and parakeets. The Parks That Made the Man Who Made Central Park 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Moreover, his ragtag, magpie exuberance had been easy to knock off as he had risen to prominence. He Changed the Way We Wear Jewelry, and Left It Behind 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z He ends up under a tree, from which some local farmer has hung the corpses of dead pests: moles and magpies and a fox. Regeneration by Pat Barker 2012-08-17T21:54:01Z He was the best patron and collector of art ever to sit on the throne, and the Royal Collection owes much to his magnificent magpie instinct. George IV: the rehabilitation of Old Naughty 2011-08-28T20:00:05Z Knowledgeable ornithologists looking at the magpies in the credit sequence might notice that something is a bit off. Maintaining the "Magpie Murders" main title mystery: The clues, the murders and a bird masquerade 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The two novelists are not unique among transgender writers in their magpie approach to literary tropes and genres. The Coming of Age of Transgender Literature 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Be a magpie and pick up 'bright shiny things' from other people's books to inspire your own writing. Book doctor: What can I read to improve my writing? 2013-06-18T14:09:09Z For instance, he details how, in an early moment of caretaking, Pedan crushes grub heads with pliers to feed the magpie. Three Memoirs About the Messiness of Life and Self-Definition 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z As this bold magpie of an album flies past, its swagger falters occasionally as genre pastiches gain the upper hand. Foxygen: We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic – review 2013-01-20T00:05:36Z I'm a big embracer of new technology, but I do try to only buy tech that I'm going to use – I try not to be a magpie and swoop up everything shiny or new. Suzi Perry: 'I would really like to have a teleporter' 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z A short while later a magpie stopped by and pecked at the bits of brain left scattered on the ground in front of the gate. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z In magpie fashion, she began amassing the shiny cultural oddments that would define her work as a designer. Anna Sui Gets a Degree, and Her Due 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Those weaknesses included an intellectual superficiality and a passion for political declamation — “magpie sermonizing,” as Spitz calls it — that often rendered him boring to others, particularly his first wife, the actress Jane Wyman. A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The magpies of the title are a reference to the nursery rhyme correlating the number of magpies seen with good or bad luck: Maintaining the "Magpie Murders" main title mystery: The clues, the murders and a bird masquerade 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z And then one morning across the road, I see two magpies collecting twigs from the leafless sycamore, twining through the branches, picking and tugging, chatting loudly to one another, as magpies do. Esther Woolfson's urban nature diary 2013-02-01T10:00:02Z Shakespeare was himself a magpie, Mr. Shapiro explained, borrowing and copying from others; not only that, but also the notion of an Elizabethan musical is not as far-fetched as it seems. In ‘Something Rotten!,’ if Music Be the Food of Farce, Play On 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z He’s a hedonist, an intellectual and a literary magpie, able to evoke the voices of writers from Herman Melville to Ursula K. Le Guin. David Mitchell is over the genre wars: “Confining an entire genre as being unworthy of your attention is a bizarre act of self-harm” 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z He’s a gifted magpie, but I can’t say he’s established a singular personal voice as a composer-lyricist the way the hallowed greats like Berlin, Porter and Sondheim did. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z And as a composer she has an ear for so many styles — and the magpie instincts to draw on them all — that her music seems tailor-made for Here’s genre-disdaining audience. Music Review: ?Miranda,? an Opera by Kamala Sankaram - Review 2012-01-17T23:09:17Z Working closely with his architect, George Aitchison, Leighton displayed his magpie finds with an eye to their aesthetic effect rather than to demonstrate any particular provenance. Leighton House: a private palace of art 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z Like some kind of industrious magpie, the designer Anna Sui has spent decades assiduously gathering up shiny oddments from the pop culture landscape and shaping them into a singular career in fashion design. Anna Sui, Fashion’s Favorite Daughter, Gets Her Day in the Sun 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “My dad liked a painting of a woman named Eulabee Dix,” she explains in one of the text’s magpie assortment of cultural allusions, this one to an early-20th-century American painter of portrait miniatures. Her Best Friend Claims They Witnessed a Sex Crime. She Has Her Doubts. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z They were in their airy headquarters, a former artist’s studio that looks more like the pied-à-terre of a magpie tastemaker than an antiseptic company showroom. Kate Spade’s Last Collection 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z I think my dæmon is probably a raven or a rook or a magpie – one of the birds of that family – because she steals things, like ideas for stories, and images, and phrases. Philip Pullman: a life in writing 2011-03-03T12:00:00Z Still, the magpie score amusingly flits around various pop styles, as if Mr. Sullivan was fiddling with the dial on a vintage AM radio. Review: New York Musical Festival Is a Smorgasbord 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z We can call her a pilfering magpie without finding her less watchable. Is Beyonc? a Choreography Thief in ?Countdown?? 2011-11-21T17:25:51Z She fretted about the state of her magpie craft. Cindy Adams, Gossip’s G.O.A.T. 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z More a magpie collector of historical motifs than a visionary integrator or innovator, he was in step with Victorian-era taste for exotic clutter. Peeking Into the Gilded Age at the Met 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Puccini, something of a musical magpie, and not exactly progressive, nevertheless had his finger on the pulse of the 20th century to an astonishing degree – sentimentality, cruelty, hedonistic abandon, alienation. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z He’s honest about his small magpie thefts from other musicians. Review: Elvis Costello’s ‘Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink,’ a Memoir 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z A pop culture magpie, he slides from subject to subject and dares you to keep up. Jonathan Van Ness on being HIV positive: 'It gave me a reason to really fight' 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z I'm more of a magpie researcher than someone who wants to live in it all the time. A Q&A with author Ivan Doig, whose latest novel is 'Work Song' 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z A magpie, Warhol was nothing if not consistent. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Asking what in particular they seek is like asking a magpie to provide its organizing principle. The Gimlet Eye: Flea Market Vendors Take Stock in Things of Others 2010-05-12T22:10:00Z She and her family find hope and solace in caring for an injured magpie chick while struggling to adjust to their new collective reality. "Cobra Kai," "Surviving Death" and Nicolas Cage on swearing: Everything coming to Netflix in January 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z In her novels, she builds tremendously detailed fantasy worlds; in her nonfiction, she curates a magpie’s nest of fragments — critical theory, song lyrics, personal anecdotes — into insightful ensembles. The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Many human beings evidently share with the magpie a gene causing an irrational attraction to bright and shiny objects. Art Review: When Enamel Wares Adorned China?s Imperial Courts 2011-02-17T21:29:31Z “Black and White Sky,” by the masterly Tanith Lee, is a brilliant story of an island-wide attack of magpies that cuts off England, Scotland and Wales from the rest of the world. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Face drawn, eyes fast and bright, he twitched like a magpie, preoccupied and searching for another image. Painter recolors Afghanistan 2010-04-05T19:16:00Z Then there’s Mary Byrd, herself, a well-meaning magpie whom one character accuses of being a “quaint-hound.” ‘Flying Shoes,’ by Lisa Howorth But it mostly shows Mr. Millepied yet again as a kind of magpie whose ballets feel like accomplished stylistic exercises rather than emanations of his own sensibility. City Ballet Arrived Early, With Revelations 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z Later, I watched wild birds like melodic dusky thrushes, magpies and bulbuls alight on the fired clay temple roof. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The stately home offered a "no grudge amnesty" for their return; the suspicion is that magpies got the lot. Masters of miniature 2011-02-27T00:04:03Z There was time travel, which is to young boys as gilded stuff is to magpies. Writing my very own Doctor Who 2013-01-13T00:16:01Z She liked the tinkerers, the thieves and the magpies, and she fell in with those jolly pirates. Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “I still think that a magpie instinct and a sixth sense are still the best tools in the unending quest for the next thing,” she said. How to Tell the Fashion Future? 2013-08-26T10:48:07Z So China, like a global architectural magpie, helps itself to the biggest and best bits of cities the world over. Seeing double: the rise and rise of China's copycat architecture 2013-01-07T18:59:00Z Soldiers, traders and priests, with magpie eyes for brilliance, bundled it up and shipped it across the sea to Europe. Review: ‘The Plains Indians,’ America’s Early Artists, at the Met 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z For anyone who didn’t, they may sound, as they do to me, like a magpie’s nest of inferior copies. Dance Review: Focus Cia de Dança Performs at the Joyce Theater 2014-03-11T21:02:30Z Could be a magpie or a jackdaw or a jay, I suppose, but I think she’s a raven. Philip Pullman on what drew him back to the world of His Dark Materials 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Instead, Traore has a magpie eye for developments in western music, her band in consequence sounding like a kind of African Fleetwood Mac, both intricate and melodically accessible, her impressive singing voice pointing the way. Music picks of the week 2010-04-23T23:14:00Z Being a journalist is a bit like being a magpie. Please Don’t Ask Elizabeth Kolbert How She Organizes Her Books 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z But the overall impression given by the studio’s magpie oeuvre is of brilliant surfaces wrapped around a vacuous core. High-End Works Toying With Politically Loaded Signifiers 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Instead, their popularity seems reflective of certain magpie tendencies today: an indiscriminate and imitative mixing of influences from the Backstreet Boys to classic rock, a borrowing of whatever is useful. Movie Review: ‘One Direction: This Is Us,’ Documentary by Morgan Spurlock 2013-08-29T21:53:09Z She is a magpie, plucking language from myriad arenas: bestiaries, business documents, tourist pamphlets. The Marianne Moore Revival 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Then he dug up the snake and hung both it and the dead magpie from the top of his gate. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z Rowling is a literary magpie and first-rate synthesizer, and her stated inspirations for the Harry Potter books range from classical mythology to Jane Austen. ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Review: Apocalypse Too Soon 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z I could go to specialist dealers, but I refuse to pay £300 for something I can find for £20 if I magpie about and keep looking. Modern life is rubbish! The people whose homes are portals to the past 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z While the writers acknowledge that the TV host embodies many of the qualities of a leave voter, he is too much of a “magpie” to stick to a single ideology. ‘We've had a love-hate relationship’: Steve Coogan on bringing Alan Partridge back to the BBC 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z We never sat down without checking first for snakes, and always kept an eye on the sky for bombarding magpies. ‘I’m Here,’ Outside Says. ‘I Miss You.’ 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z “The Chinese word for magpie is a homophone for the word for happiness,” Mr. Keverne said. Antiques: Prized Chinese Crafts, Delicate and Detailed 2011-01-27T21:37:59Z Their access to a promising empty field was threatened by a solar-energy company’s plans, and magpies kept carrying away the Roman coins they found there. The Best TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Three hours in length, the evening comprises a magpie selection of displays and descriptions of science at work. Festival of the Spoken Nerd – review 2013-01-25T14:52:26Z Dylan is a lyrical magpie, who clearly never forgot anything he ever wrote. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z In one aside, he says that when he and his pregnant wife saw three magpies in their garden, they knew they were having a girl. ‘The Premonitions Bureau’ Recounts Crowdsourcing the Supernatural 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Soldiers, traders and priests, with magpie eyes for brilliant things, bundled it and shipped it across the sea to Europe. Museum & Gallery Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Gay credits his musical magpie approach to his father’s record collection and loving that music. Blues, jazz, electronica. It all flows through Ben LaMar Gay. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Somewhat of a cultural magpie, Mr. Allen has often folded bits and pieces — and at times entire conceits — from other work into his movies. Review: ‘Wonder Wheel,’ Woody Allen’s Coney Island Memory Palace 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “Echo’s Bones,” as Mr. Nixon’s annotations make clear, is a magpie’s assortment of references, allusions and quotations, with nods to Dante, Shakespeare, Dickens, Mozart, biographies, folklore, movies, popular songs. ‘Echo’s Bones,’ a Beckett Short Story Rediscovered 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z I love such things; I am a magpie at heart. 'This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z His magpie aesthetic, which ranged freely across time periods, reference points and conceptions of beauty, seemed perfectly calibrated for the more democratic social media age. Major Gucci Shake-Up as Designer Steps Down 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z He describes it not as stealing but as being a magpie picking up what appeals and making it his own. Book doctor: What can I read to improve my writing? 2013-06-18T14:09:09Z Like magpies, the trio shamelessly collect anecdotes to adapt. Getting On: deadpan with bedpans 2010-10-18T20:07:00Z Birds with striking plumage usually have horrible voices and it is the dull brown birds that sing beautifully – contrast the magpie with the wren. Gerald Finzi: the quiet man of British classical music 2011-01-27T23:41:00Z He’s got a magpie’s eye for odd and shiny details. A Personal, Breezy Tour of Classic Children’s Books 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z He reminisces over Lefty, "the first of the gang to die", a line later lifted by Morrissey, the great magpie of youth culture, for his song of the same name. Joker in the pack 2010-06-21T13:52:00Z And there are those, like this reporter, whose magpie ambition is to collect random shiny conversational oddments like the one above. Leonardo DiCaprio Impersonators and a $40,000 Radio at Frieze 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Starlings, magpies, jays, crows and goldfinches, although unnamed, are the British birds I see in the "prismatic and metallic" dazzle. Poem of the week: The Coloration of Feathers by Ruth Fainlight 2012-02-13T09:34:36Z Some seven weeks before showtime, the line was in its gestational phase, Mr. Simkhai gathering with magpie energy the sights, sounds and tactile impressions that inspire him. | Inspiration: Jonathan Simkhai: Coaxing the Clothes From His Head 2013-07-17T20:28:17Z She has that aggressive, magpie stylishness that makes a person stand out in a big city. Review: ‘New York Animals,’ a Musical About Intersecting Lives 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Zoos overseas are celebrating the arrival of other vulnerable or endangered animals, including an Asian elephant, a giraffe and a Javan green magpie. Zoo babies offer a lesson in wildlife conservation 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Advertisement Picasso was more completely himself in three dimensions: a magician, a magpie genius, a comedic entertainer and a tinkerer with superb reflexes. Review: Picasso, Completely Himself in 3 Dimensions 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Along with everything else, Billy Wilder was an amazing magpie of a film-maker: everything from news stories about kids in wells to Hungarian one-act plays were grist to the mill. The best English-language remakes – ranked! 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z He discusses, in detail, six viable models of doing business, and it's this discussion that makes the book worth buying if you're not a fan of the man's music or his magpie mind. How Music Works by David Byrne - review 2012-11-09T22:55:01Z Think of Rumer, then, as a collector of others’ discoveries -- more a magpie than the creature in her song “Blackbird.” Brit singer Rumer dazzles, demurs at Hollywood Forever's Masonic Lodge 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Woolfson's Aberdeen golfer who clubs a fox to death would evidently agree, as would the writer of letters to a local paper each spring boasting of her trapping and killing of "cruel" magpies. Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-03-15T17:42:01Z Either we fail to see them fully, because they are merely birds, or else we see them in certain preconceived ways—the majestic eagle, the wise owl, the crafty magpie. To Be a Bird 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z But mostly he is an adept literary magpie. Books of The Times: ‘Seven American Deaths and Disasters’ Transcribes the News 2013-06-18T19:13:23Z In "Hidden," there's genuine mystery afoot, as a magpie and a crow inhabit a high, slanting mountain valley. Review: Seattle artists' landscapes make the sky their limit 2011-03-24T22:34:07Z Composer Charlie Barber's natural instinct is that of a magpie, not so much thieving but filtering off material and giving it a contemporary resonance. Afrodisiac ? review 2010-10-18T21:45:00Z Along the way we encountered cob and hen swans, flushes of mallards and parliaments of magpies. After tackling Stage 4 cancer, he took on a new challenge — Hadrian’s Wall 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He continued, “Robert with his magpie mind was delighted to work with technology in a cut-and-paste way.” Robert Plant Releases ‘lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z From the preshow variety acts to the postshow dance party, Ms. Landau makes sure we understand Blakk’s quixotic campaign in the context of a culture that makes magpie victories from scraps of found material. Review: In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ a Winning Losing Campaign 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z And so was born the first revival of English folk song and Sharp's career as a magpie gatherer of such material. Folk music: the times they are a-changin' 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z At the center of Mr. Faught’s magpie art is a resolute determination: All will be revealed. 2010-02-12T00:02:00Z Streisand’s approach, a magpie American practice of cherry-picking objects from disparate cultures and eras, dates to the robber barons’ pillaging of Europe. T Magazine: Streisand?s Cozy San Simeon 2010-12-02T14:40:00Z Frogs and magpies are loud and someone finds a leech and then another and another and there's shrill laughing. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z An example would be the magpie, that egg-stealing bandit of urban mythology. Field Notes from a Hidden City by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-02-02T15:30:01Z If your Bowie is a magpie, a plagiarist, a vampire sucking the creative blood of others, he’s here, as well. David Bowie: Plagiarist, visionary or saint? 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z “It’s fascinating what we perceive as precious,” the designer said about his magpie attitude — which came through as two parts 1980s to one part 2014. Fashion Review: Florals, Stripes and Sunrays 2014-02-18T19:12:57Z Then the children bring home an injured magpie chick, name it Penguin, and turn it loose to work its feathery magic. ‘Penguin Bloom’ Review: Relearning to Fly 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Key to the creation of the Diplo brand has always been the fearless magpie fashion in which he has grabbed ideas from everywhere. Diplo on music: 'I'm not good at anything else' 2012-11-29T19:00:00Z Computer technology, film theory, medicine, architecture; nothing was too arcane, or apparently distant from dance, to escape his questioning, magpie eye. Ballet's rock star 2011-01-02T00:03:05Z The 21-year-old's local train station is vigilantly guarded by a magpie, and during breeding season it plays target practice with her head weekly. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The birds the scientists hoped to study were Australian magpies. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z But he was surprised when someone at a hospital in Antwerp, Belgium sent him a picture of a magpie nest. Birds Use ‘Anti-Bird Spikes’ to Make Nests 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Scientists in Europe have discovered that magpies and crows are using an unusual material to build their nests – spikes designed to keep birds away from buildings. Rare Spotless Giraffe Born at Zoo 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z If you wanted to get a signature or a photo, Parmett said, you had to be as patient and diligent as a magpie or a fisherman. The weird and wonderful life of L.A.’s most bizarre celebrity photographer 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z And in 2021, a baby was killed when her mother fell during her efforts to dodge a magpie - a case that horrified the country. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The researchers were eager to try a new tracker on the magpies. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Some were magpie nests; others were made by crows. Birds Use ‘Anti-Bird Spikes’ to Make Nests 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Crows and most magpies belong to a group scientists call corvids, which are known for being particularly clever. Cities Use Spikes to Keep Birds Away. Birds Are Using Them in Nests 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z And this is intriguing, because magpies typically construct their roofs out of hawthorn, blackthorn, and rose stems. 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z In May a Victorian man was fined after killing four magpies and injuring another two so seriously they were euthanised. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The scientists are concerned that magpies may have a hard time adjusting as the world warms up because of climate change. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Recently, Australian scientists learned something unexpected about magpies when they tried to attach trackers to them to learn more about their habits. Birds Use ‘Anti-Bird Spikes’ to Make Nests 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Swift wasn’t involved in the new research, but she says she isn’t surprised to see crows and magpies experimenting with unconventional nesting techniques. Cities Use Spikes to Keep Birds Away. Birds Are Using Them in Nests 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z In other words, it seems the magpies are not treating the anti-bird strips as just another building material. 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Animal behaviourists say the magpie is misunderstood, and there's no need for them to be harmed. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The researchers placed trackers on five magpies using their special harnesses. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Hiemstra says the magpie nest found in Antwerp had about 1,500 spikes in it. Birds Use ‘Anti-Bird Spikes’ to Make Nests 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Nestled near the top of a sugar maple tree was a Eurasian magpie nest that resembled a cyberpunk porcupine, with thin metal rods sticking out in every direction. ‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z However, what makes this new study different is the idea that the magpies, especially, may be using the anti-bird spikes in a functional capacity. 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z But the vast majority of magpies are reasonable creatures, she insists. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But just ten minutes after setting up the last magpie, they noticed something unusual: an adult female magpie was helping another magpie get free from its harness. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr Hiemstra's research started in the courtyard of a hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, where an enormous magpie nest was found containing some 1,500 spikes. Birds get revenge by using anti-bird spikes in nests 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z But outside the Antwerp hospital — where, as it happened, many of the rooftop spikes had gone missing — the magpies had managed to convert hostile architecture into a home. ‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z While the photos included in the study are “somewhat convincing,” Sanchez says that right now, the idea that magpies might be using the spikes functionally is “still kind of anecdotal.” 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Authorities often erect signs, warning of magpies in the area, and some states have even launched apps designed to track sightings of nests. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In a few hours, most of the other magpies had also been freed from their harnesses. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z I’m not a writer so it’s very much a magpie collection of riches from other people. Why artist William Kentridge is embracing shadows in his new Broad show 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Over the two years that followed, Mr. Hiemstra and his colleagues discovered several other nests, built by Eurasian magpies and carrion crows, that contained anti-bird spikes. ‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z And two, it would require further experimentation to prove that the magpies recognize the human-made materials as being similar in function to natural materials, such as thorny branches. 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The use of protective gear is also encouraged, like sunglasses and magpie hats. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The researchers think this is the first time rescue behavior has been reported for Australian magpies. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z She doesn’t merely admit to trouble with structure; she frets that the text is in “magpie condition,” all bits and pieces. Review: A "mixed" memoirist's Silk Road travelogue becomes a road map to sanctuary 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z In the nests that Mr. Hiemstra and his colleagues found, the magpies seemed to use the anti-bird spikes for the same purpose, turning them into a spiky nest cover. ‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z According to Hiemstra, the next step will be to design experiments that can figure out if thorny materials help magpies raise more chicks. 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z For example, contraptions rigged up with party poppers or adorned with a fake magpie. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z They don’t know how the magpies solved the difficult problem of getting the harness off. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Capitals like Tashkent and Samarkand offer histories both horrifying and rich, in which the Mennonite presence is one of the latest and strangest elements; just the sort of glittery mix irresistible to a magpie. Review: A "mixed" memoirist's Silk Road travelogue becomes a road map to sanctuary 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z And sharp, human materials, including barbed wire and knitting needles, have previously been found in magpie domes, the scientists noted. ‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Eurasian magpies, on the other hand, build nests with a roof. 'The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Although authorities usually warn against feeding wild birds, Prof Kaplan suggests leaving a peace offering like a little bit of bread or meat to win the magpies' favour. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z They also don’t know if it was just one magpie or several who removed the harnesses. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z At the same time, he exuded a magpie’s delight in sending cinema into collision with every other arena of the moment. Appreciation: Jean-Luc Godard, a master of cinema who changed the medium forever 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Currently, there are eight non-human species of animals that can innately pass the mirror test: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, bottlenose dolphins, Asian elephants, cleaner wrasse, and magpies. Can any animal recognize itself in a mirror? New studies shake up old ideas 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z That attracts “geese and other scavenging birds, like gulls and crows and magpies, so there’s an interface between them,” she said. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z "You can make friends with magpies… they tend to be very diplomatic," she says. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The researchers are glad they’ve learned about the rescue behavior of magpies. Magpies Teach Scientists Unexpected Lesson 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z And it has tissue from a Javan green magpie, a bird driven to the very brink of extinction by demand from the wild bird trade. Extinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in 'biobanks' 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The Australian magpie is one of the cleverest birds on earth. Australia’s Clever Birds Did Not Consent to This Science Experiment 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z During the trial, the superstar has been described as a "magpie" who "borrows" ideas from other artists. Ed Sheeran awaits verdict in 'traumatising' Shape of You copyright trial 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Besides, magpie attacks are a character-building rite of passage, she says. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “Magpies and Magnolias,” appropriately, features two magpies separated by magnolias growing between them. This 1.2-mile University District walk highlights 7 fresh murals 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Nearly 20 years ago, Californians witnessed a mass die-off of crows, magpies and jays due to the West Nile virus. Northern California city turns to lasers in attempt to chase off crows 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z But Australians know magpies best for their penchant for mischief. Australia’s Clever Birds Did Not Consent to This Science Experiment 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Investigators also found a dead magpie in the vicinity of the dead wolves, the agency said. Oregon officials ask public for help to find killers of 8 wolves 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z "Are you really Australian if you haven't been swooped by a magpie?" Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for English people looking to ward off bad luck, there isn’t yet a magpie emoji to pair the latter with. There’s a new bubbles emoji that’ll go just great with the peach 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z According to North Korean state media at the time, his passing was marked by plunging temperatures, mourning bears and flocks of magpies. Factbox-North Korea's history of secrecy over leaders' health 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Aside from the frogmouth, other popular birds on Instagram include touracos — fruit-eating birds with striking pigments that are found in Africa — as well as pigeons, magpies and broadbills. This ‘Angry’ Bird Is the Most Photogenic, Research Finds 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Searchers found a deceased female wolf, a skunk, and a magpie all very close to the scene. Oregon officials ask public for help to find killers of 8 wolves 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Named after their resemblance to the Eurasian magpie, to which they are not actually closely related, Australian magpies are a protected native species, and to some, a beloved national icon. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z I’m not the only co-worker she does her magpie schtick with. It’s My Idea. She’s Taking Credit. 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z “Some days I had to do some training with the wild magpies before filming with the trained birds.” 'Penguin Bloom' reveals the secrets to getting a brilliant performance — from a bird 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Helping them in the process is an abandoned magpie they adopt and care for. What to watch with your kids: ‘Penguin Bloom,’ ‘Finding Ohana’ and more 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z In April, the federal lab released findings consistent with poisoning as the cause of death for all six wolves, the skunk and two magpies. Oregon officials ask public for help to find killers of 8 wolves 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Found in droves all over the country, such is their fanbase that in one 2017 poll magpies were voted Australia's favourite bird and massive shrines have been erected in their honour in two Australian cities. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Not the least of these: The magpie must learn to fly again and the once-ebullient Sam must find a way to, well, soar once more. Review: A bird inspires Naomi Watts in family drama 'Penguin Bloom' 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z After taking in an injured baby magpie they name Penguin, Sam and her family learn to grapple with her disability and find some semblance of a new normal. 'Penguin Bloom' reveals the secrets to getting a brilliant performance — from a bird 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z An orphaned magpie helps an Australian family heal in the aftermath of a tragic accident in the poignant 2020 drama “Penguin Bloom.” What’s on TV This Week: 'Resident Alien,' 'Euphoria' and more 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z “Every single day she changes and she’s just chattering like a magpie,” Graves said. Amid the daunting deaths, uncertainty, unrest in 2020, roses bloomed 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z But magpies are considered the ultimate "swoopy boy" and few people are without a story. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z And, though the bird wreaks a bit of havoc, there are thankfully few “magpies do crazy things” shenanigans. Review: A bird inspires Naomi Watts in family drama 'Penguin Bloom' 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Australian magpies are wild birds, which means you can’t breed or keep them in captivity. 'Penguin Bloom' reveals the secrets to getting a brilliant performance — from a bird 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z To hang them like dead magpies in the hedge as a dire warning to others. Standing up for free expression means standing up for Julian Assange 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z The man reported there was a group of magpies and ravens squawking in the trees above and he went to investigate whether there was something dead nearby. Aggressive bear causes closure of area near Anchorage park 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Only a very small portion of male magpies engage in the practice though, and when they do, it's to protect their nests during breeding season, from August to November. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “And they’ve looked up into the tree and seen a raven and a magpie there.” Lucky baby anteater escapes birds, falls from tree into care of Australian zoo 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “We had to train the magpies to pick it up in their beaks and carry it down the hallway of the house and into the children’s bedroom,” said Mander. 'Penguin Bloom' reveals the secrets to getting a brilliant performance — from a bird 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Work by Herculano-Houzel demonstrates that the brains of corvids—members of a family of so-called “smart birds” such as crows, ravens and magpies—are very densely populated with interconnected neurons. Bird Brains Are Far More Humanlike Than Once Thought 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z A day later, she said the camera caught an elk, a bear “and one poor magpie that looked like it was on the brink of demise.” Ranchers reeling after Colorado’s largest wildfire on record 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z But they also say magpies can interpret simple gestures like running through their territory as a slight, and not only can they recognise individual faces - they tend to hold a grudge. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Members of the group also unlawfully killed pheasants, magpies, and wild turkeys baited onto the property, department officials said. 6 men sentenced for poaching 19 animals in east Idaho 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z “So when we would fly our trained magpies outside, the wild magpies would swoop in and try to chase them out of their territory,” said Mander. 'Penguin Bloom' reveals the secrets to getting a brilliant performance — from a bird 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z After his family arrived in California, he pointed out a magpie, to the surprise of his parents. Christian Cooper hopes America can change. Because he’s not going to. 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z I am a magpie — I find all kinds of science interesting. Coronavirus diaries: a lockdown letter to myself as a PhD student 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z For most people who are hit by magpies, it is a cut or scratch. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The Midwest is “a conceptual magpie’s nest, made from scraps of everything” and, perhaps for that reason, is “central to so many of this country’s stories about itself.” Review | What almost everyone gets wrong about the Midwest 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z I was a magpie as a child; I am a magpie now. Letter of Recommendation: Mudlarking 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Poison also killed a golden eagle, a Swainson’s hawk, 14 ravens, 17 magpies, one coyote and several small mammals. $7,000 offered for help in 2018 Wyoming bird, dog poisonings 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z How often are customers drawn in because of the magpie? Felix, Little Man and other beloved Los Angeles logos 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The screeching crows, the warbling magpies, the jeering fans, these were the sounds of the match. Patrick Reed's miserable week ends with an impressive Sunday stand - Golf Digest 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Lowell had always been something of a magpie, an allusive poet keen on incorporating the voices of literary predecessors and contemporaries as well as the utterances of family and friends. Marriage, Betrayal, and the Letters Behind “The Dolphin” 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z "Because they are sparkly and I'm a magpie," she says. The transhumanists 'upgrading' their bodies 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Not only were its results better and more accurate than mine, but I took two hours to do what magpie achieved in five seconds! I Competed against an AI 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But experts claim magpies are misunderstood and humans are the aggressors. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Scientists have determined magpies can form friendships with people. Sydney Is for the Birds. The Bigger and Bolder, the Better. 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z A website, Magpie Alert, allows users to report and share details of magpie attacks. Angry birds: Swooping Australian magpie causes fatal cyclist crash 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z An elderly Australian man was killed Sunday after he crashed into a fence while riding his bike — with the fatal collision reportedly a result of his efforts to avoid a swooping magpie. Australian man, 76, dies in swooping magpie incident, police say 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Swooping magpies are a common threat in Australia during spring and often cause injuries to cyclists and pedestrians, but fatal incidents are rare. Australian dies while fleeing swooping magpie 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Australia is entering prime magpie swooping season with the onset of spring, as the birds target cyclists and pedestrians who venture near their nests. Cyclist dies after crashing while under attack by swooping magpie 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z The Australian magpie was shot down after more than 40 complaints of attacks -- attacks that landed some victims in the hospital. Swooping magpie shot by Aussie council after dozens of attacks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z And despite their sometimes-aggressive tendencies, the magpie was voted Australia’s “Bird of the Year” in a 2017 poll — ahead of the Australian white ibis and the laughing kookaburra. Angry birds: Swooping Australian magpie causes fatal cyclist crash 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The "monster" magpie who was terrorizing people in Sydney earlier this month was shot down on the orders of neighborhood officials, Australia's ABC reported at the time. Australian man, 76, dies in swooping magpie incident, police say 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Officials at the time defended their decision to kill the large magpie. Australian dies while fleeing swooping magpie 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z The Australian magpie is a different species to the European bird with which it shares its name. Magpie 'monster' shot dead in Sydney after attacks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The Australian magpie is a variant of the European bird of the same name. Swooping magpie shot by Aussie council after dozens of attacks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z And like much of Australia’s native wildlife — think deadly snakes, spiders and jellyfish — the country’s magpies are meaner than those found elsewhere. Angry birds: Swooping Australian magpie causes fatal cyclist crash 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z More to the point, mainstream journalists are like magpies, easily distracted by shiny objects and ever-eager to disobey Joan Didion’s famous dictum to “observe the observable.” Elegy for Bernie? Not quite yet: Sanders 2020 poses a conundrum Democrats must solve 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Later on I would come to realise that his magpie mind had merely moved on to other things. Has Boris Johnson hatched a cunning no-deal Brexit plan? | Stewart Lee 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The Hills Shire magpie was shot by the council after more than 40 complaints, the council said. Magpie 'monster' shot dead in Sydney after attacks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The speed of climate disruption is outstripping many animals’ capacity to adapt, according to a study that warns of a growing threat to even common species such as sparrows, magpies and deer. Animals failing to adapt to speed of climate crisis, study finds 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Now, the rescue focuses on treating birds of prey and corvids such as ravens, crows and magpies. Woman celebrates 15 years rescuing wildlife in her home 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z But also by Giustinia and Shay, with their frivolous intervention—they were like magpies who settle on cattle and peck open wounds. “The Children” 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z In February it challenged the general licences that allow farmers to shoot birds including wood pigeons, jackdaws and magpies that damage crops or attack livestock. Dead crows hung from TV presenter's gate 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The council said the shooting was a last resort - but many magpie enthusiasts and animal lovers were unhappy with the decision. Magpie 'monster' shot dead in Sydney after attacks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Given its large helping of magpie, the score also could have been written in only one place and in one year. Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen is back with his main man, Stravinsky 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “We both like what we call ‘magpie culture’ and are more likely to be inspired by a 1920s wood-and-brass gramophone or a Victorian bell jar than anything ‘generational’.” Mother-daughter duos: the new power couples of fashion 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Empathetic magpies hold grudges against mean people, and I’m working on that. Perspective | I never meant to be a birder. But the birds didn’t give me any choice. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Outside of ape species, many researchers say there’s also good evidence for passing the test in bottlenose dolphins, Asian elephants and European magpies, although Gallup is skeptical of those results. Fish pass mirror test, but does it mean they’re self-aware? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Wildlife magazine Australian Geographic quoted bird expert Darryl Jones as saying that magpies were "quite possibly the easiest birds to catch" and that he was "not very impressed" with the shooting of the troublesome bird. Magpie 'monster' shot dead in Sydney after attacks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Feeling sorry for the grieving couple, magpies decide that once a year, they would form a bridge to connect the two lovers. Why China has its eye on the stars 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z There are young dinomaniacs growing up now we don’t bat an eye at a fluffy Tyrannosaurus,who expect their raptors to be colored like crows or magpies. Delicate Fossil Bird Reveals Prehistoric Plumage Patterns 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z I sometimes wonder if he was put on this earth to liberate fashion writers from the adjective “sleek” and acquaint them with “magpie.” Alessandro Michele, Fashion’s Modern Mastermind 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He said he first thought it was a woodpecker or a juvenile magpie until he contacted the RSPB, which confirmed it was a rose-coloured starling. Twitchers flock to man's home to see bird 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z A notorious magpie whose habit of swooping on passers-by in Sydney led to dozens of complaints was shot dead, prompting an outcry from magpie lovers. Magpie 'monster' shot dead in Sydney after attacks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Jiayu wanted to be the one to shout, He’s here, he’s here, he’s here, as though she were a magpie, bringing the early good tidings of the marriage. “When We Were Happy We Had Other Names” 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Still, it’s more fun than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick or, depending on the season, a well-aimed beak of a swooping magpie. A meat pie in Dubbo: what other delights must Meghan and Harry try in Australia? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The kids are alright, and they’re magpies Rap is weird now. Doja Cat’s viral hit ‘Mooo!’ is the perfect meme banger about cows 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Professional animal impersonator Percy Edwards was among the guests on 1982’s The Dreaming and was required, for the title track, to impersonate sheep, dingoes, Australian magpies and the sound of a kangaroo being run over. Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! 60 unbelievable facts about Kate Bush 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The magpie chick that hatched a month ago is being kept in a box and is being fed using a puppet that imitates a parent bird. Prague zookeepers use puppet to raise endangered magpie 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The magpie chick which hatched a month ago is being kept in a box and fed using a puppet that imitates a parent bird. Prague zookeepers use puppet to raise endangered magpie 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Most were red-tailed hawks, but they also included an owl, at least one magpie songbird, and North America's largest hawk, the migratory ferruginous hawk. Wildlife officers uncover 'largest raptor poaching case in known California history' His magpie eye has come to define the intersection of pop and dance ever since. Bon Iver, Frank Ocean and … Shania Twain? Here are the most influential artists in music today 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal,” wrote TS Eliot, another magpie genius. The highest form of flattery? In praise of plagiarism 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The green magpies are one the most endangered birds on Earth. Prague zookeepers use puppet to raise endangered magpie 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z His rapid rise caught the magpie eyes of all of Europe’s grandest teams. Martin Odegaard’s Second Act on a Smaller Stage 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Among birds, only pigeons and magpies understand that the animal in the mirror is themselves. Why Dogs Pee in Their Bowls and Other Pet Behaviors Explained 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Now she’s neither a literary lioness or magpie, but the cat who caught the canary. Helen Garner: ‘I used to feel spiteful because I never won prizes. Now I can die happy’ 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The common birds then, as now, seemed to be ravens, magpies, mallards and house sparrows. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The quiz writer is a magpie by nature, a collector of facts and curiosities. 'I'm a magpie, a collector of facts and curiosities': secrets of a quizmaster 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z My magpie family do not swoop, and share the fun and games of their three kids with me. Magpie edges out white ibis and kookaburra as Australian bird of the year 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Chances are that’s a shy elk looking back at a bold magpie, in the photograph above. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z I consider myself a very curious sort of magpie that goes to any form of culture that attracts me. Seven directors 'weaponize storytelling' to stand against hatred and violence 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Some of the species were the common ones, like the widespread and numerous magpies, ravens, black-capped and mountain chickadees. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The black-billed magpie is visible all day now on the Broadway gates of the defunct New Happiness Chinese Restaurant. Opinion | Public Art Takes Flight 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z She belongs to that family of birds that steal things – the jackdaws, the rooks, crows and magpies – and I admire those birds. Philip Pullman: ‘My daemon is a raven, a bird that steals things’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z There appeared to be a pattern: elk of some personality types aggressively rejected magpies. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z As Maupin’s stand-in character Gabriel puts it in the roman à clef The Night Listener: “I’m like a magpie, I save the shiny stuff and discard the rest.” Armistead Maupin: ‘I wrote the memoir to show I had made a journey from darkness’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “It hasn’t been discussed, no,” she replies, before spotting a magpie out of the window and offering a little salute. Nadine Coyle: ‘None of the girls were really speaking to each other' 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Once a year Niulang and Zhinü — who became the stars Altair and Vega — are permitted to meet across a bridge of magpies. Google Doodle Celebrates China's Qixi Festival 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Steinman lives with her husband, Lloyd Hamrol, a sculptor and a tinkerer with a magpie’s eye and a mischievous garden. Louise Steinman, through the library's Aloud program, invites writers and thinkers to ponder L.A. and the world 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z During more than 20 separate trials with different magpies, he judged each bird’s behavior relative to the other magpies in a trial. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z There is also a selectively bred cat called a Munchkin, which is nicknamed “magpie cat” because the breed is predisposed to swiping shiny objects and caching them for later, says Dodman. Here’s What Your Cat’s Tail is Trying to Tell You "It's the moment you vote. As long as you hope. As long as there's dreams. As long as there's bowls. As long as there's magpies," the lyrics of the loopy backing song read. U.K. Election: Lord Buckethead, the 'Space Lord' Who Stood Against Theresa May 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z What's more, for some species the mirror test simply is a bad exam — particularly for those that rely less on visual senses, unlike humans or magpies. Another point for elephant intelligence: They know when their bodies are in the way 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z New Caledonian crows can fashion tools, magpies recognize their own reflections and western scrub jays may hold “funerals”. New in Paperback : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z And it was the shy elk and bold magpies that were more likely to engage. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Hall’s aesthetic of extreme orderliness is largely a reaction to the magpie mind-set of her parents, whose Victorian house in San Francisco is piled high and haphazardly with miscellany dating back five decades. Lena Hall’s 500-Square-Foot Apartment in Midtown 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Tracks apparently made by ravens and magpies indicated they got a piece of the action, too. Critter tracks read like a story in the snow 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The organization also cares for corvids, a family of birds that includes species such as crows and magpies. Raptor center gives a second chance at survival 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z And when he’s not doing that, he’s spending time in his book-lined study, Darwin screeching at the magpies outside the window. U. researcher awarded for decades of study and care 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Two decades ago, Bill Samuel, a retired moose biologist and author of a definitive book on moose and winter ticks, found some moose also evade the pests by tolerating magpies. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z She’ll sometimes head for Buenos Aires, where crumbling estates provide a wealth of opportunity for magpies seeking robust emeralds and paraiba tourmalines from neighboring Brazil at rock-bottom prices. How the World’s Jewelry Detectives Track Down Magnificent Gems 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z A species of magpie is the first bird found to show cooperative behaviour without prompting. Animal behaviour: Magpies behave cooperatively : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The birds included pheasants, partridges, wood grouse, magpies, and hooded crows. Does shooting birds make them smarter? 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z To understand is not to condone; nonetheless, the primary insight supplied by “Homeward Bound” is in the context of Simon’s long history as a musical and cultural magpie. Rock’n’roll’s first intellectual sophisticate: Paul Simon 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z But he noticed something else in the process of completing his research: As elk laid down to rest at the end of the day, magpies approached. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z And then he proved it possible, over and over again, for decades now, never predictable, always on fire, the most cunning wordsmith and the most cunning magpie. 'Dylan towers over everyone' – Salman Rushdie, Kate Tempest and more pay tribute to Bob Dylan 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z With a groomsman yelling warnings every time the magpies took aim, the shoot began. Angry birds take aim at Australian newlyweds - BBC News 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Cameron thinks the magpie rescued them as much as they rescued her. In pictures: The family and the magpie who rescued each other - BBC News 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “My magpie is that of a digital magpie,” Vevers says. “The world is moving fast, and to be relevant, design needs to be connected to the street.” Coach turns 75: Brand remains true to its heritage while finding new inspiration from American culture — past and present 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z To study the magpies, he attracted the birds to 20 experimental sites with peanuts on tree stumps. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z He soon found himself taking pictures of the quirky magpie. The magpie that saved a family - BBC News 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Australian magpies are known to attack people during August and September - a period of time nicknamed "swooping season" - while their chicks are in the nest. Angry birds take aim at Australian newlyweds - BBC News 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z There are the snakes, the sharks and the spiders, but no one told you about the magpies, did they? Fear Descends Over Australia as Magpie Swooping Season Begins 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z At the helm of Vice, Smith has become something of a corporate magpie, snapping up smaller enterprises that catch his eye. L.A. Vice: Inside Media Mogul Shane Smith’s Santa Monica Estate 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z This was counterintuitive for an elk: eyeballs offer easy targets for hungry magpies. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Cameron thinks the magpie rescued the family as much as they rescued her. The magpie that saved a family - BBC News 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Behavioral ecologist Rhea Esposito used the snack food to see how two types of smart birds- smaller magpies and bigger crows - interact and compete for food. Junk food fight: Science tests how birds compete for Cheetos 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z When crows learned that the orange snacks were tasty, they stole them from the magpie. Junk food fight: Science tests how birds compete for Cheetos 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Some, like the noisy and gregarious Taiwan blue magpie, are endemic to the island, meaning it is the only place they live and breed in the wild. Rare Visit to Taiwan by Siberian Crane Is a Bird-Watcher’s Dream 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z They get along, so to speak, because the elk needs grooming and the magpie is looking for dinner. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z His eyes dart left and right, like a magpie looking for shiny things to steal. BJ Novak: ‘Mindy Kaling used to bully me on set. She would lie to me’ 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z He also has pica, a word taken from the Latin for magpie, a scavenger bird that seems to eat just about anything. Autistic boy can’t speak, but he sure loves his words 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The dramatist of the First Folio was a literary magpie, “a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles” and a master of artistic synthesis. Ten ways in which Shakespeare changed the world 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s a magpie approach to dressing, trying to please all of the people all of the time. These Two Guys Are Changing How We Think About Fashion 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps, Dr. Found thinks, shy elk gain an advantage over bold elk and compensate for their bashfulness by accepting magpies. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Birds, including tawny owls and magpies, nest in the roofs and chimneys of abandoned buildings. In Chernobyl nuclear zone, animals thrive without humans 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z So, too, the state’s ravens, magpies, coyotes, foxes, mink, weasels and other animals. Mass deaths of Alaska seabirds linked to starvation as scientists race to find clues 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z He was constantly being tagged — usually by himself — as a magpie. David Bowie was a vivid and gentle presence who never stopped exploring 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Whatever; Tarantino's a magpie, a mash-up artist, and always has been. 'Hateful Eight' amounts to hot air 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Bolder elk and magpies exhibited riskier behaviors like tolerating the experimenter, approaching novel objects and fending off animals. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Some of the species that Dr. Shepherd saw for sale in the 1990s, including the Javan green magpie and the Nias hill myna, were missing in this latest survey. 19,000: Birds for Sale in Jakarta’s Biggest Markets 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z In other videos, ospreys, magpies, sea gulls and geese pursue and attack drones in flight. Animals Spy a New Enemy: Drones 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Raptors, of course, are otherwise known as birds of prey, and corvids are the group that includes crows, magpies and ravens, as well as other less celebrated species. Viewpoint: Why did Neanderthals capture birds? - BBC News 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z In the car, as we were returning to the city from skeet shooting, I remembered that magpies are famously never alone. Michael Fassbender, Nobody’s Fool 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z About half of the elk let magpies land, and just over half the magpies landed on the fake elk. Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Every magpie, pigeon, penguin, and ostrich alive today – every single bird – is a dinosaur. Why are dinosaurs extinct? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Brian Switek 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The sound of magpies, harbouring in your foliage, does not grace my ears. The Melbourne treemail phenomenon - BBC News 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Three weeks later, on a Sunday morning, I was off to my little shop when three magpies started to swoop down at me chattering loudly. Birds that bring gifts and do the gardening 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z My dad has said to me, ‘How are you seeing all these solitary magpies? No one else does.’ Michael Fassbender, Nobody’s Fool 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z And does this behavior extend to all elk and magpies, or is it just some western Canadian quirk? Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z “It was absolutely deserted, and the sky was this lovely peachy, bluey gray, very tasteful, and there were all these magpies flying round the houses.” Permanent Midnight 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z A magpie to represent his talent for spotting shiny bits of knowledge, a sponge for his ability to retain it, and the world's most fearsome predator because of his appetite for more of it. Team Sky's vision - Sleep and hunger 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Amethyst Selma-Selene, Stockport: On two occasions I had lost an item of jewellery that was important to me and weeks later I was given it back by magpies, members of the crow family. Birds that bring gifts and do the gardening 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z I hadn’t heard the one about saluting a solitary magpie. Michael Fassbender, Nobody’s Fool 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z These included the buzzard, magpie, jackdaw and wood pigeon. Loft insulation 'aids bird decline' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z My inner magpie unabashedly welcomed glass-and-steel Terminal 4, especially its Shake Shack. Eulogy for Kennedy Airport's Horseshoe 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Their boutique in New York’s Madison Avenue is a virtual paradise for magpies that are on the hunt for breathtaking bling, which now includes a little under 40 pieces from Larkspur & Hawk. Larkspur & Hawk Launches at Fred Leighton 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z I was going to put my dustbin out for collection but waited because the magpies were feeding. Birds that bring gifts and do the gardening 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z That I didn’t think I had ever seen a magpie alone. Michael Fassbender, Nobody’s Fool 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Graham tells how Joey, who always rode in a yellow helmet and favoured the number three, would talk to fairies and wave to magpies while driving across the Isle of Man in his van. Death and glory: The Dunlop dynasty 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z New research suggests that the idea of "the thieving magpie" being attracted to shiny objects may be a myth. Is 'the thieving magpie' just a myth? 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z The study appears to redeem the myth of the “thieving magpie”, which pervades European folklore. Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z This went on for about three minutes until I stepped out on to the road to try and avoid the magpies' behaviour. Birds that bring gifts and do the gardening 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z "Cuckoos then are forced to adopt the only possible solution: to lay their eggs facing the risk of being attacked by the incubating magpie," they wrote in the study. Cuckoos' egg-laying tactics revealed 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z She is a magpie, with an unerring eye for elements of the genre, both traditional and contemporary, that work well. The Silkworm by JK Rowling as Robert Galbraith review - this series has legs 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Frieda Hughes lives in rural Wales, where she rescues birds - crows, magpies and birds of prey. The grief equation 2014-05-13T02:19:52Z It may upset, too, the publishers of The Tintin comic The Castafiore Emerald, in which a prized gem is stolen by a magpie. Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z For magpies, parasitism by cuckoos is costly, for crows it is less so. Cuckoo Chicks Bring Benefits to Nests They Parasitize 2014-03-26T21:45:00Z The intelligence of the corvid family—a group of birds that includes crows, ravens, magpies, rooks and jackdaws—rivals that of apes and dolphins. Crows Show Off Their Social Skills 2013-08-26T12:45:00.570Z Mr Jozefowicz makes an annual trip across the North Sea to Newcastle to see the magpies in action at St James' Park. Fan artist paints player portraits 2013-08-20T02:02:20Z Ma picked a porcelain vase adorned with a pair of magpies. New Pope Offers Taiwan Rare Chance for Diplomacy 2013-03-21T05:05:24Z The test may challenge the Collins English Dictionary definition of the magpie as "a person who hoards small objects". Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z So while magpies drive cuckoos away from their nest, or recognise foreign eggs and remove them, crows do not. Cuckoo Chicks Bring Benefits to Nests They Parasitize 2014-03-26T21:45:00Z As with crows, magpies can recognize a specific face out of thousands. Crows Show Off Their Social Skills 2013-08-26T12:45:00.570Z The silence is broken by wild boars or magpies in the sky and occasionally by the sound of North Korean small arms or artillery from the million strong army over the border. South Korean military sharpens reflexes on divided peninsula 2013-02-07T21:08:57Z There are 120 bird species in the corvid family, which includes crows, ravens, magpies, jays, jackdaws, and rooks. Seven Things You Didn't Know About Ravens, Superbowl Edition 2013-02-04T23:15:03.280Z Single magpies without a steady partner are less predictable in their feeding habits. Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Yet they still remove competition – magpie host chicks often die of starvation because, for example, great spotted cuckoo chicks beg to be fed more intensely. Cuckoo Chicks Bring Benefits to Nests They Parasitize 2014-03-26T21:45:00Z Bees and some aquatic animals react to chemicals given off by their dead, and other animals — including chimpanzees, elephants, crows and magpies — also react to the sight of dead comrades. Observatory: Western Scrub Jays Appear to Mourn Dead Comrades 2013-01-07T23:15:32Z It's important to realise what a musical magpie he was. Remembering Strummer 10 years on 2012-12-22T14:30:03Z Species represented at the sites include ravens, crows, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, various types of eagle and vulture, red and black kites, kestrels and falcons. Neanderthals 'harvested feathers' 2012-09-17T21:21:08Z “Scrub jays, crows and magpies are carrying the same amount of virus as in previous years,” he says, “but a higher proportion of them appear to be surviving.” Birds Sound the Alarm on West Nile Virus 2012-09-13T22:15:00.187Z This is the Latin word for magpie, a bird with a reputation for eating practically anything. Pica, the compulsion to eat dirt and other oddities, is found in many cultures 2012-05-14T21:05:00Z The pretty girl is about to milk a cow, but turns to listen to her lover, when a magpie steals a silver spoon from one of the wooden shoes at her side. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z A magpie has flown from the top of that single tree in the hedgerow, and is skimming down the field. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z One chiding woman, he observes, "maketh greater yell than a hundred magpies in one cage;" and let her husband do what he will, he can not quiet her till "she hath chid her fill." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z "But better a miss, or a magpie or so, Than that bad, bad form which "Sassiety" shames." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z Instead of the eagles of Zeus, I saw hovering over, and perching upon, this ruin black and white birds, with long tails, not unlike magpies. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z I dawdled along, now trying a pool, now clambering up the hill-sides to pick raspberries, and now counting the magpies that flew across, feeling altogether very placid and good and contented. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z At this season of the year, and in this country, falconers are obliged to be content with rook, pigeon, or magpie flying. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "A monkey, a magpie, and wife Is the true emblem of strife." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z But better a miss, or a magpie or so, Than that bad, bad form which "Sassiety" shames. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z A boy was feeding a magpie when a gentleman in the neighbourhood, who had an impediment in his speech, coming up, said, "T-T-T-Tom, can your mag t-t-talk yet?" Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Thousands of birds, as large as ravens and as small as magpies, made their appearance. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z One tiercel has been known to kill eight magpies in a day; but this is extraordinary work. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The following morning he mentioned the circumstance as having occurred in a dream, but could not be persuaded of the reality of the circumstance till the magpies in the cloak were shown to him. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z His bright, ingenuous face was aglow with happiness, and he was chatting away to a loving, interested listener merry as a magpie. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z The valley was silent, save for the hoarse cry of a magpie among the trees and the rush of a stream in the distance. The Bushranger's Secret 2012-02-09T03:00:14.847Z Then Aunt Sarah interrupted: “Just like a magpie,” she snapped. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Our time is short to-day; but let us get a magpie, if possible, before we go home. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Jack, the magpie, had fallen from his nest in the fir-tree when still an ugly little half-fledged creature with a wide, gaping mouth. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Soon, the call to dinner was heard, and the boys all gathered around the table, chattering like magpies. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z For Newcastle had betrayed him to the last; the magpie cunning of that old caitiff paralysed every arm that might have defended him. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Lab tests later confirmed that an Oriental magpie robin found dead on Dec. 17 was also infected. China suspects bus driver infected with bird flu 2011-12-31T03:54:08Z A half-starved dog lay at the authoress’s feet; a cat sat on one hob, and a monkey on the other; while a magpie perched on the back of its mistress’s chair. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Even Jack, the magpie, seemed to feel the heat, and refused to amuse his young mistress, while Prickles snored on in his box of hay, oblivious to all coaxings and blandishments. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z They went down the stairs with their arms round each other's waist, chattering like a pair of magpies. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z As we were all standing, three of the party chattering like magpies, in the dusk, I felt the rope twitch and then slacken. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z The Oriental magpie robin is commonly found in Hong Kong. HK finds 2nd dead bird in week with H5N1 bird flu 2011-12-23T10:46:03Z The carcass of the Oriental magpie robin, a ... Hong Kong Finds Another Case of Bird Flu 2011-12-23T04:41:19Z No, I don’t think I hurt the magpie. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z “Oh, the devil take them all! they know I care nothing about private theatricals—cursed magpies!” reflected Maria Alexandrovna, beside herself with rage. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z That magpie is building a brand-new nest; I knew she’d have to.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The agricultural department said Friday that lab tests confirmed an Oriental magpie robin found dead on Dec. 17 was infected with H5N1 avian influenza. HK finds 2nd dead bird in week with H5N1 bird flu 2011-12-23T10:46:03Z Dense black clouds rolled away to leeward, amidst which hovered swarms of swallows and insect-feeding birds with an outer fringe of kites, kestrels and magpies, all preying on belated locusts and coleoptera. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Last time I fired off Branson’s gun was at a magpie, a nasty, chattering, unlucky magpie. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z This looks like a plot—it must be seen to; but it takes more than a flight of magpies like you to get to windward of me. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Not quite up with him, though, because Archie was high, high up in the sky, at an old magpie’s nest. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Last, law professors are hopeless magpies, borrowing or stealing whatever ideas seem to be most exciting and shoe- horning them into new situations. For Better Government, Don’t Kill All the Lawyers: Noah Feldman 2011-11-28T00:05:32Z The three companions were passing one day through a high and leafy wood, when Haimet spied a magpie's nest hidden within an oak. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z They were very magpies, too, in the snapping up of treasure-trove. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Tfu! don't you be laughed at by this brace of chattering magpies—good for nothing baggage, both of them. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z The magpie was done with it, and Archie was tearing it down. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z And the magpies must find another home; No more, at the sunset, will they come To warble their evening song. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z "Friends," said he, "would not he be a good thief who might take these eggs, and so softly descend the tree that the magpie knew nought thereof?" Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Ye little magpie Hound made it out in ye bog at ye back of ye Coppice, when again Hounds went at head through Long Stone Pastures as far as Tainton. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z “Oh! the devil fly away with this magpie of a woman!” cried the latter furiously. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Do you see, a magpie is chattering on a windfall: the bird is scenting the bear from a distance. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z I don't know where this colt got its magpie coat. Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga 2011-11-12T03:00:38.073Z I loved passionately, I loved to madness, loved in every key, chattered like a magpie on emancipation, sacrificed half my fortune in the tender passion, until now the devil knows I've had enough of it. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z No jay or magpie gave a rally Down in the copse, no circling rooks Rose over fields; old Joyful's looks Were doubtful in the gorse, the pack Quested both up and down and back. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Why, that magpie of a woman has just been telling me all sorts of things. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z When they have observed that a magpie has two legs, the teacher asks: 'How many legs has a dog? and a fox? and a chicken? and a wasp? Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z No matter if it has a white and black 132 skin like a magpie. Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga 2011-11-12T03:00:38.073Z A magpie, kept by a branch of our family, was noted for his powers of imitation. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z She just put them somewhere--as a magpie might--and forget their existence. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Well, I care not—"let those laugh that get the magpie's nest." The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The old man wanted to say something else, but did not finish, for the women entered the room and began to prattle like magpies. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z The graceful violet-green swallow is unsurpassed in beauty of form and color, and the crested jay, magpie, and nutcracker are conspicuous for their handsome appearance and vigorous flight. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Like the song thrush it finds a determined enemy in the magpie, against which it often defends itself with success. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Green and grey parrots, ravens, swallows and magpies are also common. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The magpie set up a loud scream as though vexed he was not a participator in the spoil. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Not only are the rooks there in legions, having their rookeries in the park, but, throughout the forest, daws, carrion crows, jays, and magpies are abundant. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The children gathered around their mother and talked, making plans for the summer, telling about the service they had attended, chattering like so many magpies. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Chattering magpie, wilt never learn to hold thy tongue? Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z A magpie went but a little distance away, and sat nodding and chickering in great distress. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z When newly embellished, looking like the pattern, black and white, of some discreet magpie perched on the wooden pinnacles terminating each gable, or hopping saucily about the porch,—that never-failing adjunct to these homely dwellings. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z This colony may have sprung from a bird hatched and reared in the nest of a carrion crow or magpie. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z You have found the magpie in the nest. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z When she started to impart knowledge to various meek creatures of the masculine gender and various magpies of fourteen years, of whom the audience mainly consisted, even I grew warm. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Ransey walked through the wood with upturned face, and whenever he saw a nest, whether it belonged to magpie, hawk, or hooded crow, skywards he went to have a look at it. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z A magpie, confined in a cage above the door, was taught to salute those who entered, with the word "χαιρε," a Grecian custom, greatly in vogue amongst the most opulent of the Romans. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The Kite and the String were delighted, and the Tails kept on a chatter, chatter, chatter, like eighteen little magpies all in a row. The World Turned Upside Down 2011-09-14T02:00:49.820Z These maidens challenged the Muses to a contest in music; they were defeated and transformed into magpies by the indignant goddesses. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z We also used the slip-knot for birds, especially crows and magpies, which may be attracted to the snares by a bait of fresh meat or corn. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z She is curious, the magpie, to see the world. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The missel-thrush, or Highland magpie, builds far beyond any one’s reach, high up in the fork of a tree; the eggs are very lovely—whitish, speckled with brown and red. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z As for Hester, she had never been in a merrier mood and chattered on like a little magpie, forgetful of her sister’s warning “not to talk herself black in the face.” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Inside is cheerful chaos: color-saturated clothes hang on racks and from the lemon-yellow walls; and shelves laden with sparkly accessories look like the result of a decorating collaboration between Crayola and a particularly industrious magpie. | Upper East Side: At Infinity Boutique, Clothes for Young Fashionistas 2011-09-01T20:55:31Z The bird is a magpie, and the woman holds a glass of gin in her hand. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Across the other side a black and white peasant is working alone on a tiny terrace of the hill-side, a small, solitary figure, for all the world like a magpie in the distance. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z They were lazy birds; for two whole years they never built a nest of their own, but took possession of a magpie’s old one. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Two weeks later her body was found with eyes picked out by the magpies. The Discards 2011-08-27T02:00:23.603Z One sees evidences of all this in the massive walls of the great black-banded castle of Angers, and, altogether, this magpie colouring is one of the chief characteristics of this grandly historic town. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z The engraving of this sign is signed “Drawn by Experience, Engraved by Sorrow,” and the rhyme:— “A monkey, a magpie, and a wife Is the true emblem of strife.” Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Sometimes it is one man alone in the distance, showing so vividly in his black-and-white costume, small and far-off like a solitary magpie, and curiously distinct. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z I never, by the way, heard any bird or human being laugh in such a cuttingly tantalising way as that magpie did. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Secondly," answered Zagloba, "if at any time, by any fortune, we should fall into his hands, he would give us such a flaying that all the magpies in Lithuania would have something to scream about. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Even in Rome, the larks, going up tiny brown rockets, into the pale blue sky above the pale green endless undulations of grass, and the rooks and magpies flocking round the ruins. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The rest chattered like magpies, and seemed to be pleased at the idea of having a few hours with Elmer abroad. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z Don't stand there chattering like a magpie, but bring me my breakfast. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z Luckily for this magpie, however, it so happened that when he was flying into the wood he accidentally let the choice morsel fall out of sight among the trees. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Thus, magpies have greatly decreased in number, owing, I believe, mainly to the wolf-hunters. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z She also allowed her to roam about the great house, and examine the curious and pretty things stored away in the big wardrobes and the ancient chests; for Aunt March hoarded like a magpie. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z She weaved in and out among the girls, many of whom were silent and watchful, others chattering away like magpies. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z But more closely resembling our story is a version in a Canarese collection, entitled “Katha Manjari”:—A certain king had a magpie that flew one day to heaven with another magpie. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z It was just before dark when they returned home, so they did not see how the magpie fluttered down a few minutes later, and spying the bait, sidled up to it. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z I loved passionately, I loved to madness, in every key, chattered like a magpie on emancipation, sacrificed half my fortune in the tender passion until now the devil knows I've had enough of it. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Her friends repeated the pleasing phrase enthusiastically; and, for several minutes, she stood, like the jackdaw in the fable, enjoying her borrowed plumes, while the rest chattered like a party of magpies. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z To this hedge the hill-magpie comes: some magpies seem to keep almost entirely to the downs, while others range the vale, though there is no apparent difference between them. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z And he seized the magpie and wrung off its head. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z He picked it up gingerly and carried it off, for a magpie does not care to eat where he has killed—he is too accustomed to traps. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z For the magpie of recent years has become much less common. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z At two o'clock we must be at the wood, and here we are talking quietly like magpies! The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z The magpie character is endearing enough, though it does look a bit like a penguin. MusicMagpie ? consumer app of the week 2011-07-19T06:15:00Z Alas, the faithful magpie is killed which gave me this divine tree! Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z But one must remember that the magpie does this. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z A magpie’s nest in an orchard that I knew of was thought so great a curiosity that every now and then people came to see it from a distance. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z And the little bird soon became as dear to him as the magpie had been. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z At the top of the stairs is an old Flemish woman shelling peas, while over her shoulder peeps a tame magpie. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z There were several freshmen; Molly identified them by their silence and looks of unaccustomedness, and some older girls, who were chattering together like magpies. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z The waiters talk, the steward gossips, the locker-room boys repeat conversations which they overhear, and the caddies are worse than magpies. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He also shoots her some jays, whose wings—as likewise the black-and-white magpie—are used for the same decorative purposes. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z So different from the wary magpie of England, who, knowing that he is an Ishmael, glories in the fact, and shrieks defiance to mankind at the top of his voice and a tree. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z As the door closes upon me the magpie gives a hoarse, gleeful squawk. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Then, with feelings of indescribable relief, they ran gayly across the campus, chattering and laughing like magpies. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z While we were dressing he chattered like a magpie, talking about everything in the world but golf, which was a sign that he wasn't worrying much. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z So too with jay and magpie; he shoots them down whenever they cross his path, unless, as is sometimes the case, specially ordered to save the latter. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z And, about the bushes that clothed the banks, flew parrots, cockatoos, and magpies in such hosts as I had never dreamed of. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z With many a shrill laugh, and chattering like magpies, the women crowded round to look at the prisoner as he sat in the midst of his captors and guards, stoically indifferent to his fate. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z |
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