Magpie

Sometimes I put pencil to paper and what comes out is not what is in my head.
I like the bird silhouettes on the background of this blog, but they're not mine, so I was trying to decide what birds I would choose to draw. I've always liked magpies and the way they sit in the road next to their roadkill refusing to move until the truck is almost upon them, then they slowly just hop a yard to the left, wait, then go back like they have no idea (or don't care) they might end up in the same condition as their potential meal.
My pencil refused to draw a good magpie and then at the last minute it hoped out the way, so I gave up.

This is an old drawing that does have a small magpie in it.
I might choose rooks. They might behave better.