Common Raven
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Common Raven
Corvus corax
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To learn more click here http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Raven.html
Photos taken at the Grand Canyon.
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Hey, I'll be right back so don't go away, OK?
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OK, Im back so on with the show.
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If you don't mind I'll just stand here and vew it.
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Larger than a *Chihuahuan Raven. Also has thicker and more shaggier front throat feathers than the Chihuahuan Raven.
Likes mountains and cliffs. Length approx. 2 feet.
Loves to harass the Condors at the Canyon.
*Pronounced Cha-waa-wan I think?
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All though all but this photo were taken at the Grand Canyon,
this one was taken at the News Paper Rock observation platform.
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Note tip of the bill how it hooks down for ripping food.
Many times that hooked tip is worn off.
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I noticed when the bird turned its head real sharp you could get a better look at those large throat feathers.
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Inasmuch as this Raven seem to be very friendly, I thought I would get a close up of its head.
Note the white ring around the birds eye.
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It was very hard to hold my tele photo lens perfectly still,
so there is a little bit of camera movement in this image.
But, at least you can now see that white ring around the birds eye is actually a ring of feathers.
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Just wanted to show a front view.
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Always look up, they love to perch in the tops of bare limbed trees.
Also note how it's perched, on 2 limbs with a foot on each one.
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The Raven looked so nice framed in the pines I just had to take its photo.
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You see I really was at the canyon.
It is very hard to photograph any thing on the edge of the canyon
and allow the canyon to show in the back ground.
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An experiment in how to get good feather images in an all black bird and still keep the back ground.
That's about enough images on this page.
Here are a few fun Raven images.
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