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Digital fine art reproduction of John Gould's painting of the yellow-billed magpie (Pica nutgall), also known as the California magpie, is a large bird n the crow family that is restricted to the U.S. state of California. It inhabits the Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and mountains. Apart from it having a yellow bill and a yellow streak around the eye, it is virtually identical to the black-billed magpie (Pica Judsonia) found in much of the rest of North America. The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist, Thomas Nuttall.

These omnivorous birds forage on the ground, mainly eating insects, especially grasshoppers, but also carrion, acorns and fruit in fall and winter. They are attracted to recently butchered carcasses on farms and ranches. They pick through garbage at landfills and dumping sites, and sometimes hunt rodents.

John Gould September 1804 – 3 February 1881[1]) was an English ornithologist. He published a number of monographs o...

My Name is Walter Colvin, I am a 76-year-old retired disabled war veteran. I have been doing artwork from fun for about 17 years. I started out with oil, acrylic, pencil, and charcoal. Most of the artwork I did was for friends on request. I have only started to sell to public for about five years. Almost all the artwork I do now is digital art on the computer and digital photography. Started digital art about eight Years ago. I do miss brushing oil around on the canvas, but digital art is new challenge I enjoy. Most of the art I do is nature, wildlife and Landscape, but I do others from abstract to space. My goal in digital fine art is to make my digital art as good as a fine Oil painting. I would do my artwork even if I never sold...