A MISCHIEF OF MAGPIES Bud Lehnhausen and a few remaining columbines

and a few remaining columbines and prairie coneflowers add other yellows to the scene

acrylic on canvas by Susan E

Gallery Float - Ready to hang

10 x 12 in  Matte Finish

This breeding separation has led to the development of several different races or subspecies

A MISCHIEF OF MAGPIES Bud Lehnhausen and a few remaining columbinesSeven magpies gathered around a fallen tree on a Colorado hillside along the front range of the Rocky Mountains. A gathering of magpies is poetically called a "mischief" of magpies, which seems an apt description for these intelligent and curious birds. I see flocks of them most often in fall after their young have fledged and always wonder what sort of mischief they are up to. I saw this group puttering around Lory State Park near Fort Collins,