Miranda Canyon

Magpie Twilight

February 7, 2015 7:19 AM in Birds { 1 comment }
magpies in trees at twilight

Just a few in this shot, sometimes hundreds at once

Every evening they gather in the nearby cottonwood trees in large flocks before flying up to Miranda Canyon to roost for the night. I call this the “magpie train,” although it might more aptly be called a river of birds. I don’t know where they go, exactly, up in the canyon, or why. It has [...]

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