Magenpie

Sue told me the kingfishers are back, so I sat patiently for half an hour. As I stood up to depart one flew and perched on this log metres from me. It waited until I got camera pointed at it, and flew off.

Anyway, this is the first of many failed kingfisher captures of the season !!!

[Susan Wakely]

Great shot and reflection of the Magpie. They were very active on Monday along with that elusive kingfisher.

[JackieR]

@wakelys hoping we can fail ( or even succeed?!) together over the coming months!!!!

[Diana]

Fabulous capture of this beautiful bird.

Kingfishers are ever so difficult to capture, I am much too slow to follow their fast flight. Wishing you and Susan a lot of fun ;-)

[katy]

It may not be a kingfisher, but it is still a brilliant photo. I love the close-up detail. At least you were rewarded for your patience in this way. FAV

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Wonderful! I didn't know they had color on their wings!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh lovely!

[Gillian Brown]

Lol. It’s a lovely shot though.

[haskar]

Something instead also brings joy.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

That looks like my Auntie, us Magpies stick together

[Casablanca]

It is a Kingfisher. It's just wearing a magpie costume.....

[Peter]

Well captured in lovely colour and detail Jackie:)

[Babs]

I had quite forgotten what magpies looked like in the UK. Totally different to the ones here in Australia.

[narayani]

Very different to the maggies here. Nice non kingfisher shot.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautiful bird

[Joan Robillard]

Fab

[Joanne Diochon]

It's a lovely magpie substitution shot, however.

[LManning (Laura)]

I think most birds taunt us on purpose. Your magpie is stellar though!

[Kathy]

May not be a kingfisher, but a terrific capture of this bird.

[Delwyn Barnett]

Well it is blue!

[Valerie Chesney]

A beautiful capture of this (not kingfisher) Magpie ...Fav
So much more colorful than ours in OZ .
Do your magpies serenade you with song?

[Brian]

A new one for thisd Australian. Great

[Christina]

Great shot

[Kathy A]

A much nicer magpie than the ones we have