Archive for 'Magpie'

Good morning, Mr. Magpie

Good morning, Mr. Magpie, originally uploaded by lemasney.
The artist wrote,
This is a Radiohead lyric from their new album King of Limbs. The song is Morning, Mr. Magpie. The lyric, which I messed up in the screencast but fixed in the sketch, is
“Good morning Mr. Magpie/
How are we today/
Now you stole away all the magic/
took my [...]

Magpie, the folk band

Staying with the musical theme this week, I decided to look up bands with corvid-related names and came across a lovely folk duo, Magpie with Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino. I am a big fan of folk and indie music. So let me share Magpie with you.

Play one song here (click the little triangle below)
The [...]

Crow Cull Petition (Save the crows!)

In attempt to ‘save the song birds’  “Crows and magpies in Britain are to be trapped and killed in the first large-scale trial of culling.”  It has to be more complicated than simply the crows killing the birds. It is more likely a combination of many things but killing off many of any species cannot [...]

Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)

Pêga-azul / Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus), originally uploaded by Armando Caldas.
The Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana) is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the European Magpie (Pica pica) but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belongs to the monotypical genus Cyanopica.
It [...]

Corvids and Cake

This Corvid family of birds is inspirational. They are used as symbols, mascots, even cake decorations! Here are some of the pictures I found involving corvids and cake.
 

A Crow by any other name

Crow – Kråke
Pronounciation with an extra syllable – Kråkerøy:
http://forvo.com/word/kr%C3%A5ker%C3%B8y/
Magpie – Skjære
This one is kjære – but he pronounces it wrong so it comes close to skjære
http://forvo.com/word/kj%C3%A6re/
Raven – Ravn
An american tries to pronounce navn, he doesn’t quite get it, but its close. The r is pronounced with the tongue at the front [...]

Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus atterimus)

Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus atterimus)
Originally uploaded by RON PUDIN

The Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Platysmurus. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove [...]

Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)

Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Originally uploaded by ConstantineD
The Black-billed Magpie is a bird in the crow family that inhabits the western half of North America, from Central Western British Columbia to Southern Manitoba, Kansas, and Nevada. There is also a separate population in Southern Alaska.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-billed_Magpie

Corvid Stamps

Magpie (pica pica) Rhymes

One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret never to be told.
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One for sorrow
Two for mirth
Three for a wedding
Four for a birth
Five for heaven
Six for hell
Seven you’ll see the de’il himsel’
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One for sorrow, two for joy;
Three for a girl, four for a boy;
Five for silver, [...]