{"id":37514,"date":"2016-02-17T05:28:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T12:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=37514"},"modified":"2016-02-17T06:17:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T13:17:10","slug":"magpie-take-off-from-an-old-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/17\/magpie-take-off-from-an-old-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Magpie Take-off From An Old Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local Black-billed Magpies are already showing interest in spring activities.<\/p>\n

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\"black-billed1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

At least some of them have begun refurbishing old nests in preparation for raising this year’s brood. I found this one atop one of those nests yesterday morning on Antelope Island and since magpies are one of my favorite subjects I couldn’t resist snapping off a few shots from a respectable distance.<\/p>\n

One of my goals with magpies is to capture their spectacular iridescence but that isn’t easy to do because the light has to be at just the right angle for it to appear. I’ve learned where to place myself in relation to the sun to improve my chances and this time I got lucky. I find it interesting that iridescence is found only on the dorsal surfaces of the wings and tail and not on the other blacks of the body.<\/p>\n

That makes me wonder about the evolution of iridescence and its functional advantage to species that have it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local Black-billed Magpies are already showing interest in spring activities.<\/p>\n

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