One for sorrow, two for joy.....

Spotted these two magpies sharing a gate stoop as we left a car park in the middle of Carlisle.

[Maggiemae]

Is that supposed to be for magpies? One for sorrow, etc. These are quite cute - much nicer than our squawky magpies!

[Bep]

They are cute, Shirley.

[Catherine P]

Lovely capture. Good there were two! Apparently you just have to salute if there is just one!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

great capture

[MariaM66]

Beautiful birds!

[sally agnew]

Nicely captured :)

[Anja]

Cute:-)

[Denise Wood]

terrific pair :)

[Babs]

Super shot, Interesting how different magpies look in different countries.

[Tony]

Lovely capture.

[Gayle]

Fantastic capture!

[Dione Giorgio]

Wonderful shot.

[Peter Grave]

Lovely shot .He may be whispering sweet nothings Shirley !!!!!!

[Ann Williams]

Will have to look out for some magpies - this is great Shirley.

[Pyrrhula]

A great lovely capture of those beautiful birds.

[ShirleyB]

@maggiemae @gijsje @cmp @koalagardens @mariam66 @hermann @stiggle @gilbertwood @onewing @tonydebont @gaylewood @sangwann @peterlgrave @flowerfairyann @pyrrhula Thank you for your comments, I have been trying for a while to get a good shot of a magpie and couldn't believe my luck when there were two that just sat still.

[Harbie]

So sweet! I think magpies are very pretty!