Two summers ago, a patient looking out his Belgian-hospital window spied in a tree an odd, abandoned magpie nest of plastic and wire. He had, by coincidence, just read a newspaper article about a ...

Drone footage of the magpie nest made of anti-nesting pins. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

It all began when a patient at an Antwerp hospital spotted a large and unusual magpie nest, high up in a tree in the facility's courtyard. Upon closer examination, that nest was found to contain ...

A nest made from metal pins and other materials collected by magpies, found in a sugar maple tree in Antwerp, Belgium.Credit...Auke-Florian Hiemstra Supported by By Emily Anthes Auke-Florian ...

In a tree near a hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, a magpie made a nest containing around 1500 metal spikes. The spikes on the side of the building closest to the tree were gone, while those on the ...

They can be heard across most of Australia, wherever there is a combination of trees and adjacent open areas. Magpies (Gymnorhina ... lays eggs in other species' nests — that arrives in ...

And eggs left in nests also have their admirers. At the forefront of these flying thieves is the corvid family, including the magpie, the crow and the jay. Biologist Magne Husby sought to ...

Look out for signs as well as magpie nests, Castley said. "Before you start walking through an area, have a look in the trees ahead of you to see if there's any thickness, if there's any magpies ...

He rides his bike along the trail and has been swooped several times by a magpie that nests in the surrounding trees. He says the bird sits at a corner of the trail near the Moonee Ponds Bowls ...