[Length 18 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

Black-billed Magpies occur throughout the Great Plains and foothills of the western US, Canada, and southern Alaska. This one was photographed atop a Spruce tree in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Black-billed Magpie was photographed in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Black-billed Magpie springing into flight was photographed in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Black-billed Magpie was photographed at Mary's Lake, Estes Park, CO. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 22, 2009)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Black-billed Magpie was photographed at Mary's Lake, Estes Park, CO. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 22, 2009)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Eurasian Magpie was photographed at Arne RSPB Reserve, England. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Yellow-billed Magpie was photographed near Solvang, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 35 in.]

Mallards occur throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition to being the common park pond duck, they are widespread and breed throughout North America except for high arctic Canada and the southeastern US. They winter throughout the US. This pair of Mallards was photographed at Lily Lake in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: November 1979)