Day 227: Black-billed Magpie

Black-billed Magpies were all over Rocky Mountain National Park. These large birds are in the crow family and live in the western parts of North America. Magpies have a long tail that makes up half of the length of their bodies. They are black with white shoulders, a white belly, and dark blue-green wings and tail.

The Black-billed Magpie is an opportunistic omnivore, eating many types of insects, carrion, seeds, rodents, berries, nuts, eggs, and also garbage and food from pets that are fed outside.We saw several eating roadkill as we drove around the park.