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11 Reasons Why The Magpie Defines Edmonton

November 13, 2016 by Dustin Bajer

Edmonton Magpie. The Bird We Love To Hate

I Magpie YEG. Picture of a Edmonton magpie on a green and blue backdrop.

I know of no other Edmonton resident more controversial than Pica hudsonia; often referred to as the black-billed magpie or an annoying jerk. While many of us resent its 4 am wake-up calls, others find the Edmonton magpie fascinating. It’s the bird that [Read more…]

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Fly the YEGpie Flag!

May 6, 2015 by Dustin Bajer 2 Comments

The Edmonton YEGpie Flag

The Edmonton YEGpie flag features Edmonton’s most hated (but kind of loved) urban bird, the resourceful and hearty magpie. Not unlike the city it calls home, the magpie is an underrated, under-appreciated animal that we complain about but secretly think is kind of cool. With the YEGpie at its centre, horizontal bands of blue and green represent the mighty North Saskatchewan River and Edmonton’s Aspen Parkland forest.

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Edmonton Flag redesign. YEGpie flag, magpie

The Edmonton YEGpie flag features Edmonton’s most hated (but kind of loved) urban bird. The resourceful and hearty magpie.

Edmonton Flag Design Featuring a Magpie

Edmonton Flag Design Featuring a Magpie. Two blue bands represent water and sky while the central green band represents Edmonton’s Aspin Parkland forest. The Magpie, like Edmonton itself, is an underrated and often under-appreciated creature. Resourceful, hardy, and prettier than we’re willing to admit.

 

 

 

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Should We Redesign Edmonton’s Flag?

February 20, 2014 by Dustin Bajer 5 Comments

In Search of A Better Edmonton Flag

In 2010 99% invisible put out a podcast episode about city flag design – mostly about how bad city flags tend to be. That got me thinking about Edmonton’s city-flag. For starters, – do we have one? As it turns out, we do, and it’s pretty terrible. [Read more…]

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