1. Magpies are more than black and white.
Black-billed Magpies are medium-sized perching birds with extremely long tails. Black feathers cover their heads, breasts and backs. They have white feathers at the base of their wings, on their bellies and on their upper and lower outer-wings. The rest of their wings and their long tails are [...]










































Brent Johner has been writing about urban wildlife since 1998. Many of the articles here first appeared in the Calgary Herald, Calgary Gardening magazine or on Talk About Wildlife. Brent has also done dozens of radio, television, newspaper and magazine interviews on the subject of urban wildlife.