The Magpie Story
Friends, we were perched on a bridge watching a magpie flirting with another magpie. As i shot this image, a coyote appeared in my field of view. A coyote hunter of local legend tells us that when he calls coyotes in, often a magpie will appear before the coyote comes into view. These creatures seem to have a relationship. Yes, i know the coyote is out of focus and the prairie dog behind is even more unsharp, but still wanted to share this with all of you. The image below shows the coyote out on prairie dog town trying to fool a dog into making a fatal mistake. til Tomorrow MJ
Posted on May 25, 2012, in Badlands, Birds, Nature, photography, Wildlife and tagged badlands, coyote, magpie, mjspringett, North Dakota, photography, postaday, wildlife. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
It’s ok that coyote is out of focus, it proves you were watching magpie. This is kind of ironic for me, i just finished a painting kind of like this but with wolf and crow…
wolf and crow
yes, the true focus was the magpie, the other was unfocused background MJ
I love these photos. It doesn’t matter if there is an element of the photo slightly unfocused–the shot still works!
thanks MJ
Great shots!
did you go?, thanks claude, MJ
thrilling to se your magpie MJ, and the interaction of the animals, thanks for sharing 🙂
thank you christine and many happy returns, MJ