#magpies

[lobsterwizard]

There should've been a magnus archives episode about birds thst doesn't have a numer and is just titled MAG:pie

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[ghw-archive]

"Two for Joy" headpiece by Michelle Kearns

[miyrumiyru]

Magpie is trying to connect with the moon.

The solitude keeper U_U

Oriental magpie (Pica serica)

[thefugitivesaint]

We interrupt your regular art posts with this brief message of support for the corvidae family.

[uwmspeccoll]

A Corvidae Feathursday

Here are some more wood-engraved birds -- both black and white and hand-colored --by British author and wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish (1892-1966) from his 1948 publication Birds of the British Isles, published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in 1948 in a limited edition of 1500 copies. Today we display all the corvids from this volume, from top to bottom:

Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Western Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Red-billed Chough (pronounced "chuf"; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) 

Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

 Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

 Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Read more about this book plus view a hand-colored engraving of a Hoopoe here.

View more Feathursday posts.

[kavohh707]

I love that magpies "wear" black trousers.

[jaubaius]

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[j4v4r10]

The crows used the anti-bird spikes as a sturdy construction material, but the magpies may have appreciated their intended use: they placed most of the spikes on the nest’s roof where they could deter predators, including other birds and weasels.

Absolute chess master move

[antiqueanimals]

The Thief. Clementina Margaret Hull (1844-1910)

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[claypigeonpottery]

a single magpie with purple hyacinths, both signifying sorrow

and a secret second magpie on the back to ensure you have some joy

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[charles-breaks-beakers]

cro's on the go appreciation post

[windsweptinred]

The Magpie Song by Jane Tomlinson