Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia
Black-billed magpie searching the parking area at Eilson Visitor's Center, Denali National Park, in search of food scraps inadvertently left by tourists.....................September 6, 2009. Note the irridescent blue-green sheen to the wing feathers.
Black-billed magpie searching the parking area at Eilson Visitor's Center, Denali National Park, in search of food scraps inadvertently left by tourists.....................September 6, 2009.
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Black-billed magpie from near Highway Pass, Denali National Park........August
2006. This individual was attacked by a sharp-shinned hawk shortly after these photos were taken and had quite the time trying to fend off the other bird's attacks.
Paul Slichter