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.
Tag: black billed magpie
Black-billed Magpie Takeoff From A Thicket
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
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.
Magpies Working On Their Nest
The Magpie Image That Broke My Heart Yesterday
A photo like this one inspires me because it shows me what’s possible but that doesn’t take the pain away when I screw it up.
Magpie Takeoff With An Assist
It wasn’t much of an assist but just the fact that the magpie could/would do it for so little gain amazed me.
It Must Be Spring – Magpies Are Building Nests In Northern Utah
Black-billed Magpie Showing Off That Iridescence
In my view iridescence nearly always enhances a magpie photo but the angle of light has to be just right for it to show up at all.
Magpie Hunting Insects On The Back Of A Bison
Juvenile Black-billed Magpie In Flight With Food
An Angry Magpie Repeatedly Attacks A Swainson’s Hawk
Black-billed Magpies At Their Nest
There’s no middle ground with magpies – most folks seem to either love them or loathe them.
Magpie Rising In Iridescent Splendor
Iridescence in Black-billed Magpies is fleeting but quite spectacular when you can catch the light just right.