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Eurasian Magpie
Jonno52

Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well, and good birding!

John
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Habitat
Farmland and open country. Also town gardens and parks (Opus)
Location
London, UK (taken from window of 3rd floor flat)
Date taken
19 February 2023
Scientific name
Pica pica
Equipment used
Canon EOS 7D Mk II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/320th sec, f/5.6, ISO 640
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Stanley Jones
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What an impressive close-up head shot with marvelous eye contact. Terrific image quality and exposure. Quality work John! TFS!
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
Would you believe that these are a rarity up here John? But today there was one sitting on the gate at our new feeding station!!! He didn't wait for a pic... disappeared as soon as he saw the car LOL.

A superb head shot that laddie - thanks my friend.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Jonno52
Date added
View count
379
Comment count
10

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
349.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
640
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Magpie 443A7832 standard BF.jpg
File size
144 KB
Date taken
Sun, 19 February 2023 2:14 PM
Dimensions
1076px x 605px

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