the notably black-and-white drawn magpie is one all over almost Eurasia and also in North America given a home representatives of the raven-birds.
Habitat Although it is pursued severely because of its preference for nest-robberies in many places, magpies assert themselves successfully also in immediate neighborhood of the people; one can probably call it distinct Kulturfolger. Nevertheless, they survive just as well in "more natural", d. h. from people of "untouched" landscape. Preferentially, magpies live in loosely with bushes and trees of passed terrains, at forest-edges and at the edge of settlements.
Food The magpie is hated with bird-lovers as nest-robbers, however it looks mainly for all sorts of vegetable and animal food at the ground, like worms, snails, insects grains acorns berries also mice can overpower it. As omnivores, it doesn't spurn however also eggs and squabs of small-birds.
Reputations Differently fast and long and, the most known tone-remark of the magpies probably is the "Schackern", a series of intent singles-reputations, that - according to arousal - is produced, resounds. If many magpies meet at common roosts, they like to do this particularly in the late-night-winter, so the common Schackern often results in a deafening noise when morning waking up.
Reproduction The rather extensive magpie-nests have spherical shape since they are roofed almost without exception. The entrance is at the side of and is to be found only badly from the ground. Usually the nests sit highly in trees, however magpies, if more suitable places are missing, nest also in the shrubbery or at buildings. However, both partners build the nest predominantly, that brings Nistmaterial, the male along. From April, the female puts 6-7 (occasionally up to 10) eggs, that erbrütet it without participation of the partner for 17-18 days. The squabs hatch bare and of are taken care by both parents. The nestling-duration is with 22-24 days, more rarely also with 28 days.
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