Hello Andy, I have had a look around and it seems that the Yellow Billed Magpie is solely found in California.
Hi CatLady,
Yup that is what I read also.. I will keep returning and hopefully grab an image.
Andy
Could your Magpie have been eating something a bit messy to colour its bill,I have certainly not heard or seen anything like it and no report of an American bird being blown in.
Funnily enough I said to my wife at the time, look that Magpie looks like its had its beak in a bucket of paint..
I guess unless I manage to spot it again, we shall never know!
Never mind Andy we all get those sort of sightings they end up in the "could a been a" file,mine has got quite big over the years LOL
Could possibly be the bird from America that's escaped from a possible collector across this side of the water ??
That is a possibility Dale some folk have a wide range of exotics in their collection. I had not heard of a Yellow Billed Magpie until Andy posted it on here.
Cockney501@hotmail.com said:I have a picture of what I think might be a yellow billed magpie! Where can I share it?
HERE'S A LINK to help post up a photo which was added by fellow forum member Alan.
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