A MISCHIEF OF MAGPIES bird blanketflower

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So I combined these sightings in memory of a particularly delightful summer day

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Inspired by the amazing display of subalpine wildflowers blooming along the trail from Aspen to Crested Butte in late July

A MISCHIEF OF MAGPIES bird blanketflowerSeven 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,