The Black-billed Magpie certainly has been seen at a number of places around the Lake—but, it has been seen only occasionally. As efauna.bc.ca says: it is a rare year-round visitor. Truth be told, the one I present here was seen just west of this region in the Monashees, but a magpie it is. It has perched in the rain on great mullieins.
The magpie is a member of the crow family, i.e., it is a corvid. The region offers other more frequently seen corvids: crow, raven, Stellar’s Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, and now and then, a magpie.
Beautiful picture. Looks like a painting with the muted background.
I agree with Mary. Stunning; it does look like a painting. Is it art imitating life, or life imitating art? Art imitating life imitating art?