{"id":6133,"date":"2012-09-19T03:55:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T09:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6133"},"modified":"2025-05-20T07:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:33:49","slug":"the-osprey-vs-the-black-billed-magpie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/19\/the-osprey-vs-the-black-billed-magpie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Osprey VS the Black-billed Magpie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OspreyOsprey – Black-billed Magpie Fish Fight – Nikon D200, f6.s, 1\/1250, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 257mm, natural light, not baited (OK the Osprey baited the Magpie!)<\/span><\/p>\n

In May of this year I camped at Antelope Flat in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area<\/span><\/a> and near the boat ramp there was an Osprey nest. One of the poles near the nest seemed to be a perch that the Ospreys used to eat their prey on and this Osprey came in with a fish.<\/p>\n

Enter subject number 2, a Black-billed Magpie. Magpies are opportunistic feeders and it appeared that the magpie was going to try to swipe some of the fish from the Osprey.<\/p>\n

The Osprey won!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Osprey photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

P.S.: My mother is visiting me on her first trip to Utah, she is going to love it! I’ll be slow to view and comment on your blogs, thanks for understanding. Please feel free to share this post with your friends and family. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In May of this year I camped at Antelope Flat in the Flaming Gorge National recreation Area and near the boat ramp there was an Osprey nest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,245,981,466,26],"tags":[4291,4021,1813,4432,6005,4842,3992,4189,4167,5497,5165,9066],"class_list":["post-6133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-black-billed-magpies","category-flaming-gorge-national-recreation-area","category-ospreys","category-utah","tag-antelope-flat","tag-bird-photography","tag-black-billed-magpie","tag-fish","tag-magpie","tag-magpies","tag-osprey","tag-pandion-haliaetus","tag-pica-hudsonia","tag-pole","tag-power-pole","tag-swipe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-black-billed-magpie-fish-mia-mcpherson-4349.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1AV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8387,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/05\/18\/ospreys-of-flaming-gorge\/","url_meta":{"origin":6133,"position":0},"title":"Ospreys of Flaming Gorge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year at about this same time these Ospreys were busy building their nest while this year they were already sitting on eggs at Flaming Gorge.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The beauty of Flaming Gorge as seen from the boat launch at Antelope Flat, Daggett County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4880.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4880.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4880.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flaming-gorge-reservoir-mia-mcpherson-4880.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5112,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/06\/01\/female-ospreys-have-flare\/","url_meta":{"origin":6133,"position":1},"title":"Female Ospreys Have Flare!","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay. 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