On Thu, 26 Oct 1995, Steven G. Herman wrote:
> Seeing "perhaps 40 a day" in Pullman must include multiple sightings of
> the same individuals, though it is good to hear that Pica pica does so
> well in an urban setting; my comments were meant to describe the

Seeing forty magpies in a day in Pullman (separate individuals),
espeecially in the winter, is quite common, especially on the eastern
edge of twon and along the creeks that run through town. In the
Christmas Count region that I did (about an eighth of a circle), magpie
counts in the 70s and 80s were common. RK
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