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Category: Magpies and Ravens

Magpie Takeoff (and one of the hazards of sharpening images)

As I was working this image up I noticed a processing challenge that often rears its ugly head with dark subjects against lighter backgrounds.

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March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016

Magpie In Flight With Nesting Material (and the frustrations of nest building)

Finding nesting material and carrying it to the nest is only the beginning of the battle.

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March 10, 2016 March 10, 2016

An Angry Magpie

It isn’t often that I think I see true anger in birds. If that’s being anthropomorphic, so be it. I’m sticking to my guns.

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March 1, 2016 March 1, 2016

Magpie Take-off From An Old Nest

Local Black-billed Magpies are already showing interest in spring activities.

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February 17, 2016 February 17, 2016

Magpies Finding Insects To Eat In Northern Utah In January!

My telephoto lens often allows me to see things that surprise me.

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January 21, 2016 January 21, 2016

Magpies Building Nests Already And Ice-fishing Herons

I photographed two interesting bird behaviors yesterday morning on Antelope Island and at Farmington Bay WMA.

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January 9, 2016 January 9, 2016

In Defense Of Scavengers

The scavenging lifestyle often gets a bad rap, undeservedly so in my opinion.

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January 5, 2016 January 5, 2016

Black-billed Magpie – An Image That May Have Taught Me Something

As a photographer I try to learn from my images and this one has me wondering…

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December 6, 2015 December 6, 2015

A Couple Of Magpie Take-offs

I finally found a few semi-cooperative birds on Antelope Island yesterday morning.

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December 1, 2015 December 1, 2015

Magpie With A Praying Mantis Egg Case (and an ingenious food strategy)

Yesterday morning I photographed a magpie with a new (for me) twist in its diet.

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October 5, 2015 October 5, 2015

Juvenile Black-billed Magpie Launching From Rabbitbrush

I love it when iridescence flashes back at me from Black-billed Magpies in flight.

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September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015

Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawk And An Annoying Magpie

I spent eleven interesting minutes with this striking red-tail as it hunted, fed and interacted with a persistent magpie.

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July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015

Landing Black-billed Magpie (and a look at active focus points)

My appreciation of magpies as photographic subjects continues to grow.

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April 14, 2015 April 14, 2015

Magpie – Anticipating Take-off Direction And Getting Lucky

Typically this is a shot I would have missed because I’d have anticipated the wrong direction for take-off.

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March 18, 2015 March 18, 2015

Iridescent Magpie In Flight (and an “early bird” of another species)

Before we get to the main event of this post I must report that a pleasant surprise awaited me on Antelope Island yesterday morning.

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March 14, 2015 March 14, 2015
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