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… Continue reading
A Couple Of Magpie Take-offs I finally found a few semi-cooperative birds on Antelope Island yesterday morning. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Juvenile Black-billed Magpie Launching From Rabbitbrush I love it when iridescence flashes back at me from Black-billed Magpies in flight. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Magpie Ballet With A Stick Ballet and sticks may not typically go together but that combination still comes to mind whenever I see this image. Continue reading
Magpie Colors And Photographic Goals I find it helpful to set photographic goals even though some of them may never be attained and only frustration results. Continue reading
An Entire Magpie Landing Sequence At 10 Frames Per Second Photographing a bird as it lands is much more difficult than when it is taking off. Continue reading
Magpies – They’re Already Building Nests It’s crazy how early spring seems to be arriving around here. Continue reading
Magpie Demonstrating An Interesting Bird Photography Phenomenon Just an odd little idiosyncrasy about photographing birds. Continue reading
Coyotes Steal A Jackrabbit From Golden Eagles Yesterday morning there was some highly unexpected excitement on Antelope Island. Continue reading
Magpie Take-off Black-billed Magpies are difficult subjects but I enjoy the challenge of photographing them. Continue reading
The Mind’s Eye Can Be Deceived By The Effects Of Telephoto Lenses What you see isn’t always what you get in nature photography. The following three images, taken sequentially in a burst, illustrate my point. Continue reading