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 [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under art, ASCII Art, corvid, Corvid Art, Corvids, Cover art, Crow, Crow art, crows, Magpie.
Tags: crow art, Magpie, magpie art, magpie words, Mr. Magpie, Radiohead
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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 [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2011 under art, corvid, Corvid Art, corvid song, Corvids, Crow, crow music, crows, Magpie, music, music about crows, Music about magpies, music and crows.
Tags: corvid music, folk band, Magpie, magpie music, music about magpies, music and magpies
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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 [...]
Posted: February 2nd, 2011 under conservation, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, Magpie.
Tags: conservation, crow cull, magpie cull, Save the crows
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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 [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2010 under Azure-winged Magpie, Corvidae Family, Crow, Cyanopica cyanus, Magpie.
Tags: azure winged magpie, Azure-winged magpie, cyanopica cyana, magpies
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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.
Posted: May 29th, 2010 under American Crow, art, Cake, Crow, crows, Decoration, jays, Magpie.
Tags: cakes and corvids, cakes and crows, cakes and magpies, cakes with blue jays, cakes with crows, cakes with magpies, crow cakes, jay cakes, magpie cakes
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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 [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2009 under crows, Kråke, Kråkerøy, Magpie, name origin, names, Norwegian, Raven, ravens, Ravn, Skjære.
Tags: corvids in norwegian, Crow, english, how do you say crow in Norwegian?, How do you say magpie in Norwegian?, How do you say raven in Norwegian?, Kråke, Magpie, Norwegian, Raven, Ravn, Skjære
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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 [...]
Posted: September 14th, 2009 under Black Magpie, Brunei, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Magpie, Malaysia, Myanmar, Platysmurus leucopterus, Singapore, Thailand.
Tags: Black Magpie, Platysmurus leucopterus, Treepie, treepies and crows, Treepies are corvids, treepies are in the corvid family, treepies are in the crow family
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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
Posted: August 30th, 2009 under Black-billed Magpie, corvid, crows, Magpie, Pica hudsonia.
Tags: Black-billed Magpie, Blackbilled magpie, Central Western British Columbia, corvid, Kansas, Magpie, Nevada, Pica hudsonia, Southern Alaska, Southern Manitoba
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Corvid Stamps
Posted: May 11th, 2009 under Caledonian, Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, Corvus Corax, Crow, crows, Magpie, mailing stamps, New Caledonian Crow, postage stamp, Raven, ravens, stamp.
Tags: blue magpie postage stamp, blue magpie stamp, corvus corax postage stamp, corvus corax stamp, crow postage stamp, crow stamp, magpie mailing stamp, magpie postage stamp, magpie stamp, New Caledonian Crows, postage stamp and crows, postage stamp and magpies, postage stamp and ravens, raven postage stamp, raven stamp
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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, [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2009 under legend, Magpie, Magpie nursery rhyme, Magpie Rhyme, nursery rhymes, nursery rhymes about magpies, Pica pica, play, playing, rhymes, songs about crows, songs about magpies.
Tags: Magpie, Magpie nursery rhyme, Magpie Rhyme, magpies, nursery rhyme about magpies, nursery rhymes about magpies
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