Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia) in flight. Colorado, USA, August.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia), Alaska

Nick Saunders / Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Glenn Bartley / Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia), Alberta, Canada

Donald M. Jones / Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) feeding on blooming thistle, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) perching on blooming thistle, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) perching on blooming thistle, western Montana

Shattil & Rozinski / Black billed magpie {Pica hudsonia} Colorado, USA,

Shattil & Rozinski / Two fledgling Black billed magpies {Pica hudsonia} Colorado, USA,

Shattil & Rozinski / Juvenile American bald eagle {Haliaeetus leucocephalus} and Black billed magpie {Pica hudsonia} feeding on dead Prairie dog, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Black-billed magpie {Pica hudsonia} perched on Yucca stalk, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Ferruginous hawk {Buteo regalis} mantling prey, protecting it from marauding Black billed magpie, Colorado, USA