Black Billed Magpie (Pica pica)
© 2006 - Walter Bauer - San Antonio, Texas
Field Marks: A Black-billed magpie's tail is 9.5 - 12" in length. Larger than a jay or a grackle. The only large black and white land bird with a long wedge-shaped tail. This bird is about 17.5 - 21.5". It is a very aggressive boisterous bird.
Voice: A rapid cheg cheg cheg cheg. It makes some other nasal sounds.
Where found: Costal Alaska south through West N. America to East California and Northern New Mexico and Colorado.
Texas: Occasionally in the fall and winter straggler in the Texas Panhandle and West Texas.