Magpies

Magpies - Family: Artamidae

10 images - Australian Magpie.

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Southern Victoria Australian Magpies
Lunch time ! Australian Magpies, Cracticus tibicen, feeding its young one at Kennett River, Victoria, Australia. The markings on these magpies are different from those we see in the north. They also appear to be a larger bird. Photographed February 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Immature Southern Victoria Australian Magpie
I love the markings on the front of this immature magpie. View the photo in XL for best results. Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, at Kennett River on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia Photographed February 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Juvenile Australian Magpie
The humble magpie - a common bird that I am becoming more and more interested in. I didn't notice the unusual markings on this bird until I downloaded the image from my camera. Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, at Oyster Point Park, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia. Photographed April 2012 - © 2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Australian Magpie
The Western Australian magpies have different wing markings than those on the east coast. Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, at Lake Indoon, west of Green Head, Western Australia. Photographed January 2012 - ©2012 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Australian Magpie
This must be a male magpie as it swooped at me repeatedly. I was lucky he didn't do damage to me, had to hold my tripod over my head to defend myself ! Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, near Malbup Creek, Wonnerup Beach, Western Australia. Photographed November 2011 - © 2011 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Immature Australian Magpie
A young Western Australian Magpie but seems to have different marking than its counterparts. Not sure as yet how to tell a male from a female. Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, at Yanchep National Park, Yanchep, Western Australia. Photographed September 2011 - © 2011 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Australian Magpie
Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, at Manly, Redland City, Queensland, Australia. Photographed July 2008 - © 2008 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Immature Australian Magpies
Immature Australian Magpies, Cracticus tibicen, at Goomeri, Queensland, Australia. Photographed February 2010 - © 2010 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Immature Australian Magpie
Immature Australian Magpie (possibly Western Magpie), Cracticus tibicen, at Yanchep, Western Australia, Photographed September 2011 - © 2011 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.
Australian Magpie
Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, at Mt Carbine, Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Photographed July 2010 - ©2010 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved. Do not remove my signature from this image. Sharing only with credit please.