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<\/p>\nBlack-billed Magpie style, directed at no less than a feisty little raptor.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I teased my readers about an encounter I had two days ago with a large flock of Black-billed Magpies that were ‘playing’ with a pair of American Kestrels, implying that I’d be posting photos of that encounter soon. I still haven’t had time to carefully review those photos, much less cull and process them, and it’s looking like circumstances will keep me from posting them anytime soon.<\/p>\n
But yesterday I couldn’t resist processing one of them that stood out, so I decided to share it today.<\/p>\n
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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Both the magpie and the male kestrel had been perched on the wire when the magpie decided to show the little falcon who’s boss. I took an entire series of photos of the encounter and I’m pretty sure that this one will end up being my favorite, for reasons that should be apparent.<\/p>\n I virtually never assign titles to my photos but I’m making an exception for this one. I’m calling it “Intimidation”.<\/p>\n The flock of 20 or more magpies and the pair of kestrels “played” with each other for almost half an hour, so you can imagine how many photos I have to review, cull and process. The action was very difficult to photograph well and I already know that many of those photos are of mediocre to poor quality.<\/p>\n But some of them aren’t bad and I documented the behavior, which for me was the most important objective. Now I’ve just got to find the time and opportunity to go through all of them.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Black-billed Magpie style, directed at no less than a feisty little raptor.<\/p>\n