“Hey, neighbor, can you spare a morsel?”
This red tailed hawk and its meal did not escape the attention of the ever-scavenging magpie. :-D Kind of a fun scene from yesterday, even if taken from the rear.…
The circle of life as coyotes and magpies feast on a bison carcass
Quite the scene yesterday and while the pictures aren’t very good, they tell a story of life, and death, in nature. I had stopped to photograph a pair of bald…
Magpie scavenges a meal
Not a pretty scene and I know some might quickly click past this but it is an example of the so-called circle of life. Certainly the death of the deer…
Magpie catches a ride on a young buck
This poor guy looked like he was having a bit of a rough day. One of his antlers was already broken off and then he had a magpie on his…
Bald eagle finds itself under siege from magpies
A fun capture from a random encounter a couple of weeks ago. I was coming home after running by the grocery store and saw two eagles hanging out in an…
Magpie grabs some ice
Kind of an interesting behavioral shot of these common birds. Walking a trail on a very cold morning recently, I saw this magpie pecking at the ground. I initially didn’t…