Hi Bob, The weather conditions and foraging for food may have an impact on moving a Black-billed Magpie further west from its typical habitat. Rich Cimino Marin County
   
    
     
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I'd just urge caution. The last photo I saw of a "Black-billed Magpie" in the Central Valley, it was feeding with Yellow-billeds, and it was the SAME size as the Yellow-billed Magpies it was with. More likely a pigment anomaly than a 'vagrant', in that case.
I am not aware of any well-documented records for the CV, but if anyone knows of one, let me know.
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               There are a few "out-of-range" records of both species but it's not a normal occurrence.
   
    
     
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There are a few "out-of-range" records of both species but it's not a normal occurrence.
   
    
     
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Hello all,
Two days ago John Muegge found and photographed a Black-billed Magpie that was accompanied by a Yellow-billed Magpie in the Nur Pon Recreation Area along the Sacramento River in Redding. The bird was seen again in that area and well photographed yesterday.
Black-billed Magpies are regular in our basin country in the Fall River Valley 75 miles east of Redding. They are regularly seen on the Fall River Mills CBC and are most often seen at Fall River Lake in Fall River Mills.
Yellow-billed Magpies are regular at low elevation sites in the Redding and Anderson area. Of possible interest is that we saw a Yellow-billed Magpie on the Fall River Mills CBC on December 16, 1989.
Both of these species have now been seen in their opposite elevation and habitat in our county with no records that we are aware of between these elevations.
Neither species is known to wander in elevation or range to any degree at all, are they
Bob Yutzy

From Bob & Carol Yutzy Redding, Ca

Hey, everybody, I appreciate the feedback, but I posted that ten months ago and the article is long since written!
Thanks.
Ken Burton

Theres a Magpies Grill in La Canada, a suburb of Los Angeles. They dont appear to have a website, but theres a photo of their logo on this Trip Adviser page
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g32573-d4974707-i100388583-Magpie_s_Grill-La_Canada_Flintridge_California.html
Chris Spurgeon La Crescenta, CA

https://magpiecafe.com actually they do use it on many of their products. I just got there the wrong way. Look here https://magpiecafe.com

https://magpiecafe.com

There is a Magpies Cafe in downtown Sacramento CA but the website did not have the emblem. It is a magpie with a bib. I dont recall if it is yellow or black.

Hi Ken,
Have you moved to Georgia Here are a few I got from a Google search.
Larry Jordan Oak Run, CA

The Central Valley Bird Club uses the Yellow-billed Magpie in its logo, along with a Snow Goose and a Tricolored Blackbird.

Patricia Bacchetti
Oakland, CA

The Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society uses the Yellow-billed Magpie in its logo: https://www.syvnature.org

Wim

The Fresno Audubon Society's mascot is the Yellow-billed Magpie.
Kevin Enns-Rempel Fresno, CA

Fresno Audubon for many years has used the Yellow-billed Magpie on emblems and on its publications. I have a shirt so decorated.
I cannot quite recall who did the original illustration.

The primary range if the YBMA however seems to be somewhat to the north of Fresno County.

Alan M Birnbaum

I'm writing an article on the YBMA and am looking for examples of it as emblem or mascot. If you know of a company, organization, agency, or school that uses the YBMA as its symbol, please tell me about it. Please make sure your reply goes to both the group and me.
Thank you very much.
Ken Burton Savannah GA