Tag: pica hudsonia
Black-billed Magpies Gathering Mud For Their Nests
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
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
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.
