Magpie

Beautiful to look at --but not an extremely nice character !!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Not well focused ,but taken through the bedroom window & cropped !!

[Rick Schies]

I hear they can be quite the chatter box too

[Corrie]

Why are they such a hated Bird, I wonder? What harm are they doing to human kind, and then, what harm are humans doing to the Magpie?

[Rob Crosby]

Wonderful birds. They'll clean up a pile of carrion before you hardly know it was there. Good enough to put them on my personal "good guy list".
Ian Tyson has a great song about magpies. You could probably find it on line

[Jean Tookey]

I think they are known as 'Thieving magpies' and there is a the rhyme about them. "One for sorrow, two for joy" etc...
We seem to get quite a few in our garden. I love watching them take off. Nice capture.

[Chandru Jain]

A nice catch of Magpie profile!

[Ivan]

Very smart bird, nice photo!

[Laraine Kensicki]

they are clever birds, and i just read that they can recognize themselves in a "mirror test" - just how does one determine that??!!

[carol white]

Nicely captured magpie!!

[Rob Crosby]

Here's the link to the Tyson song, along with some nice photographs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7o9-Anzrso

[Mary Karczynski]

AWESOME!! he looks intent on something! Great capture Beryl!

[Hazel A]

Great magpie capture. They can be very aggressive to other birds but I suppose they are just doing what nature intends them to do

[Beryl Lloyd]

@rob257 Eee thanks for that great little tune - love country !! +amazing images !!shall be humming this for the rest of the evening !!

[Beryl Lloyd]

@purplehaze12 @mak2 @rob257 @eniaral @ivan @cjainmd @jtookey150 @genesis_one @digitalrn
Thank you all for your kind comments and interest

[Hazel]

@eniaral

I'm sure a 365er will work out a way to do it!

Nice shot, Beryl, handsome bird with a rogue reputation!

[Beryl Lloyd]

@quietpurplehaze Thanks Hazel

[Judith Johnson]

So hard to capture - well done.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@busylady Thank you Judith --they have a sharp sudden movement or run one minute you've got them the next ???+?

[Lee]

They sure are very distinctive birds.

[Jo]

Love magpies, their colours are lovely but they are difficult to catch, so well done, nice shot.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@gamelee @jo13 Thanks both for your kind words !!

[Dandolo]

Lovely clear shot. We don't see many of these. The colours are beautiful.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@dandolo Thank you , Dandolo -they do display lovely blue / green as well as the B &W

[Graham Thresher]

A lovely capture. Well done because they are difficult to photo.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@thresheg Thanks Graham they always look still then the take off on a sudden run !!

[Kd Wallis]

they are everywhere aren't they?! they can be so noisy too! lol. Nice capture.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@kdimagery K d yes they are !! but fortunately they do not land in my garden I suppose its not open enough !!

[Mark Prince]

They are very clever, and seem to know you are taking an interest in them, so that's the time they fly off, and they hunt down all the eggs and chicks in a garden. Nice shot though.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@markp Thanks Mark , I agree clever but not a lovable character