Australian Magpies

Giphsub

These are part of the local choir near our house here in Perth. The magpies have a beautiful warble.

#1 Immature magpie


#2


#3 Adult magpie


#4

Ric Grupe

I like the second one most.

Is that a wild grape vine it's perched on?

summerz

Very handsome.

Giphsub

Ric Grupe wrote:

I like the second one most.

Is that a wild grape vine it's perched on?

Thanks Ric

It's not a wild grape, I think it might be either a Kunzea or a Melaeuca (native Australian plants), but I'm not certain on that.

Maestro

Love that third one Mike, but all are good. Have you moved from Japan now?

Giphsub

summerz wrote:

Very handsome.

Thanks Summerz.

Giphsub

Maestro wrote:

Love that third one Mike, but all are good. Have you moved from Japan now?

Thanks Stephen Yeah moved back to Perth now after 10 years in Japan. Loving all the different birds around here, but have yet to find where the water birds are... Gotta wait till my car gets here and then I'll be able to get out and look around a bit.

dbaker1221

great captures Mike..I like the 3rd shot of the adult most:ivar

Harryb

Good set of images with #2 being the strongest.

PrescottPhotog

Giphsub wrote:

These are part of the local choir near our house here in Perth. The magpies have a beautiful warble.

#2 & 3 Mike. We used to have a ton of Camp Robbers (Magpies) in Colorado. I haven't seen any here, just crows and ravens.. everywhere. Much different in color between North American and Aussy ones though.

Giphsub

dbaker1221 wrote:

great captures Mike..I like the 3rd shot of the adult most:ivar

Thanks Dave. I love these birds but find them hard to shoot. When the light is bright you blow the whites AND lose detail in the blacks.

Giphsub

Harryb wrote:

Good set of images with #2 being the strongest.

Thanks Harry. The young ones are quite inquisitive and will come up to you sometimes.

Giphsub

Thanks Chris. Do the north American ones have blue in them? The Aussie magpies are actually carnivorous, and are not the scavengers that the crows and ravens are.