Magpies and Ravens – Page 4 – Feathered Photography

This Is What Copyright Infringement Can Look Like

Image theft, copyright infringement and other forms of unethical image use piss me off no matter who is victimized. This time it was me.

Black-billed Magpies Gathering Mud For Their Nests

And Long-billed Curlews have now arrived in good numbers on Antelope Island.

A Couple Of Recent Magpie Photos, Just Because I Like Them

Both are of Black-billed Magpies taking off but I think they’re quite different from each other.

Black-billed Magpie – A Short Flight Series

I rarely post photos of the same species two days in a row but yesterday I spent more time with magpies and I like these two images well enough to make an exception. More than well enough, actually.

It’s Nest-building Time For Black-billed Magpies

Magpies are usually my first nest building subjects in springtime and this year they didn’t disappoint.

Black-billed Magpie Takeoff From A Thicket

In part because of their brassy, sassy ways I have a thing for magpies.

Black-billed Magpie Portrait In Extremes

A somewhat startling example of a problem many bird photographers, including yours truly, like to bitch about – the daunting challenge of exposing black and white birds properly.

Black-billed Magpie With An Apparent Small Color Anomaly

To my eye there’s something just a little bit strange about this bird.

A Touchy Matter Of Gender

With Feathered Photography I face a dilemma when choosing pronouns referencing the sex of individual birds. In a recent comment a reader took exception to the way I handle it so I think it’s high time I explain why I deal with it the way I do. I’ve done it before in comments but never as the subject of a blog post.