From some angles it looks like the black-billed magpies feathers are all black, but if they catch the sun the right way they look kind of blue-green.
Doodled from this Flickr photo.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The James Dean of Birds
Yet another corvid, the black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia): haughty, scrappy, voracious and omnivorous. This bird simply doesn't care what you think. He'll sit in the middle of the street for dinner, and if he's feeling nervy, will just make you go around.
From some angles it looks like the black-billed magpies feathers are all black, but if they catch the sun the right way they look kind of blue-green.
Doodled from this Flickr photo.
From some angles it looks like the black-billed magpies feathers are all black, but if they catch the sun the right way they look kind of blue-green.
Doodled from this Flickr photo.
