{"id":6762,"date":"2012-12-10T03:55:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T10:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2025-03-14T04:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:31:24","slug":"black-billed-magpie-stretching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/10\/black-billed-magpie-stretching\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-billed Magpie Stretching"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Black-billedBlack-billed Magpie stretching – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a bit of sun yesterday between snow falls and I headed out to Antelope Island hoping there would be light and birds.<\/p>\n

There was light and a few birds, this stretching Black-billed Magpie in a tree was one of the birds I found. I dislike the fact that the tips of tree’s branches show that they have been clipped, that was done before the tree was planted last year.<\/p>\n

I do like the position of the wings, the fanned out tail and the light in the bird’s eye.<\/p>\n

Snow is projected today, we’ll see though.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Black-billed Magpie photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a bit of sun yesterday between snow falls and we headed out to Antelope Island hoping there would be light and birds. There was light and a few birds, this Black-billed Magpie was one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141620,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,245,26],"tags":[4004,1813,6577,3981,6005,4842,4167,4018,3964,4427,4032,4135],"class_list":["post-6762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-black-billed-magpies","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-black-billed-magpie","tag-branches","tag-davis-county","tag-magpie","tag-magpies","tag-pica-hudsonia","tag-sky","tag-stretching","tag-tree","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-wing-lift"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t