![Magpie scavenges a meal Magpie scavenges a meal](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2021/05-31-2021-Random-Critters-for-the-Day/i-8hjW99g/0/74e11f60/X4/20210531%2007-26-16%200087-Edit-X4.jpg)
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 is sad but in the end, its loss serves a purpose.
Coyotes had had their fill from the carcass earlier and once they were done, the magpies came in for a bite to eat. Kind of gross, kind of cool but that is life in the wild.
![A magpie scavenges off of a deer carcass. (© Tony's Takes)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2021/05-31-2021-Random-Critters-for-the-Day/i-MRrGZT6/0/612159cf/X4/20210531%2007-26-12%200085-Edit-X4.jpg)