I’ve not spent any time at my Iberian Magpie perch for a while, this afternoon, I stopped by briefly and this Magpie landed on the perch perfectly lined up with the camera and the sun.
They are often overlooked as they are so common, but they are a stunning bird and in the right light their colours look amazing.
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I was a new location on the river that we discovered a few days ago and was looking for options for some closeup Kingfisher shots, the Kingfishers are getting really brave now.
Although I wasn’t there to take photos, I did take the camera down. Here is just a quick shot of a male Kingfisher sitting in the tree watching me, then just as I was leaving, Iberian Magpies where coming down for a late afternoon bath.
As you may already know, we have a large colony of Iberian Magpies around the Quinta (remember my Photo Session with them?).
There are now plenty of Juveniles amongst the foraging colony which are easily spotted due to their grey heads.
{Click image(s) to view on Flickr - opens in new tab}My May Algarve Resident Newspaper Article, “Iberian Magpies” is available online and can be found on the Algarve Resident’s Website
My next article is due in the Algarve Resident on Thursday 28th June.
After almost immediately attracting Iberian Magpies to a new Magpie Perch a few days ago I thought I’d try a session during this evenings golden hour.
There are a few changes I need to make for a better angle, but here is a photo from this evening.
{Click image(s) to view on Flickr - opens in new tab}There is a small tree that didn’t last the winter this year due to it being very exposed, so instead of cutting it down I decided to shape it into a perch.
The idea behind it was to attract the Iberian Magpies (this post explains why they are not called the Azure-Winged!).
A few times daily, a flock of Magpies raid a bowl of Cat biscuits we leave outside for our “outdoor” Cats, so I placed a small container on the new perch with a few biscuits in there and setup the TrailCam to see what happens.
It was an instant success.
