Yellow-billed Magpie photo by Gail West
The Yellow-billed Magpie has been named Audubon California’s 2009 Bird of the Year after participants in an online vote chose it over five other nominees and several write-in candidates. The recognition specifically sought to recognize bird species that were of significant conservation interest in 2009, but that also had a compelling story and rallied the public around it.
You can find out more from California Audubon’s 2009 Bird of the Year Fact Sheet. See my other post on this beautiful bird here.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Vickie // Dec 17, 2009 at 5:18 am
Gorgeous bird. Thanks for the info. That will be my bird to see, next trip to CA!
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2 jason // Dec 18, 2009 at 9:26 am
What a stunning bird! I wish we had them here. Well, that’s just one more reason to return to California soon…
3 Nicole // Dec 18, 2009 at 10:02 am
What a Beauty!
Look at that tail and the shiny feathers!
4 chris // Dec 18, 2009 at 11:05 am
That’s a wonderful bird and I love the movie… Well done Larry. Have a nice week end!
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