One of the juvenile magpies that used to come down to my balcony a few years ago, it used to like Sunflower Seeds for some reason,.. Here doing its finest R2D2 impression, lol (excuse the vid quality, cropped from a wider video)

Rarely do I ever see two magpies at the table at the same time. Normally, one will either be prancing around near the table, waiting for it to clear, or will be keeping watch in the trees. #magpie #birds #bird #wildlife #magpies #corvid #BlackBilledMagpie #MagpiesOfMastodon #CorvidsOfMastodon

A magpie has been watching the smaller birds feed and has decided that it too would like to try some buggy-bites. Needless to say, it likes them and has become a regular visitor to our garden. Just as long as it does not decide to try the Robin and blackbird hatchlings as well. I suspect it may resort to coercion - “give me buggy-bites, otherwise the kids get eaten!” #birds #aves #magpie

Taxi!! #magpie #birds #bird #wildlife #magpies #corvid #BlackBilledMagpie #MagpiesOfMastodon #CorvidsOfMastodon

On days when I need to bring the box in early, I try to at least wait until there is a significant gap between visits, and as close to 1900 as I can. Today, 2 hours after the last visit, and seconds after I had brought it inside(and still putting it away), this magpie swooped in, noticed a lack of box, gave me a brief glare, and then jumped to the ground, walking off into the distance.

I think I am going to name this magpie “Gobbles” as it tends to rush in, Gobble up a bunch of seeds as quickly as possible, then fly off.
#magpie #birds #bird #wildlife #magpies #corvid #BlackBilledMagpie #MagpiesOfMastodon #CorvidsOfMastodon

Such radiantly blue feathers! #magpie #birds #bird #wildlife #magpies #corvid #BlackBilledMagpie #MagpiesOfMastodon #CorvidsOfMastodon

While exhausting, my occasion trips to the grocery store do keep me up long enough to see more magpie behavior. Today, I watched one chase a squirrel around my neighbors treehouse. Squirrels are known egg stealers, so likely an aggressive move on the magpie part
#birds #bird #wildlife #birding #magpie #BlackBilledMagpie

freshly screenprinted cover for our new MERZBOW 9inch lathe-cut "Magpie" vinyl

Thanks to Willem Kolvoort for the illustration

Frei zum Abriss Kollektiv, #37

Magpie-Monday.

An old world bird I miss in Texas is the magpie.

As far as I know, the grackle has none of the magpie's associations with omens and rhymes, so is but a dull substitute.

Perhaps I'm just having a moment of homesickness...

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/magpie

Thick trunk for Tuesday, with bonus Magpie.

#Magpie pulling bark off a tree

Fly softly and carry a big stick

Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
Olympus OM-1, Panasonic 100-300 II
100mm, f/4, 1/1600s, ISO 200

#bird #BirdPhotography #birds #darktable #magpie #photo #photography #UrbanWildlife #wildlife @birding

https://zaktakespictures.com/fly-softly-and-carry-a-big-stick/