I heart shiny objects

mag·pie [mag-pahy] –noun


1. a person who collects or hoards things, esp. indiscriminately.
2. someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
3. a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects
Arabic: عَقعَق: طَيْر من فَصيلَة الغُرابِيّات
Chinese (Simplified): 喜鹊
Chinese (Traditional): 喜鵲
Czech: straka
Danish: skade
Dutch: ekster
Estonian: harakas
Finnish: harakka
French: pie
German: die Elster
Greek: καρακάξα
Hungarian: szarka
Icelandic: skjór
Indonesian: jalak
Italian: gazza
Japanese: かささぎ
Korean: 까치
Latvian: žagata
Lithuanian: šarka
Norwegian: skjære
Polish: sroka
Portuguese (Brazil): pega
Portuguese (Portugal): gralha
Romanian: coţofană
Russian: сорока
Slovak: straka
Slovenian: sraka
Spanish: urraca
Swedish: skata
Turkish: saksağan