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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
It Must Be Spring – Magpies Are Building Nests In Northern Utah In my area Black-billed Magpies are among our earliest nesters. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Magpie Hunting Insects On The Back Of A Bison I tend to like unusual perches even when they’re of the furry kind. Continue reading
An Angry Magpie Repeatedly Attacks A Swainson’s Hawk This was one pissed off magpie. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpies At Their Nest There’s no middle ground with magpies – most folks seem to either love them or loathe them. Continue reading
Magpie Rising In Iridescent Splendor Iridescence in Black-billed Magpies is fleeting but quite spectacular when you can catch the light just right. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpies On A Bison Gut-pile My title is warning enough that these photos are graphic but I believe this story must be told. Continue reading
A Potpourri Of Recent Images (8 bird species and 1 mammal) Though none of these photos may be truly spectacular I like each of them for their behavior, charm or uniqueness. Continue reading
Hatch Year Black-billed Magpies At Takeoff Magpies along with many other birds have been relatively scarce on Antelope Island since the wildfire in July. Continue reading
Anatomy Of A Magpie Nest Due to changing conditions I’m finally getting a better look at this interesting and complex nest. Continue reading
Landing Black-billed Magpie I like these images not because they’re flashy but because they’re just a little bit different. Continue reading
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. Continue reading