Ravens
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Living down in the South East of England, I rarely get an opportunity to see a Raven & much less to photograph one.
I was therefore pleased when this big guy dropped in unexpectedly, during a recent shoot.
Norway - Sept 2021.
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I, am the mystery
And I, am the bringer of moonless night
Bear the wisdom arcane
I, harbinger from the burrowed isle
Once you break forth
Hearken the flap of my wings
Haunt your fears
Though you don't know of my duty to lead
Your path, because I'll take, you home
To rest in my black wings, enfolding you
I am the icon sublime
The guide on the voyage, clandestine
Sing the verses bewailed
I, torch of the radiant way
Once you step out
Hearken the strokes of my wings
Once you will leave your cocoon
I will be there
Haunt your fears
Though you don't know of my duty to lead
Your path, because I'll take, you home
To rest in my black wings, enfolding you
And death will smile his barefaced smile
Initiating your final anguish
It is not before my arrival
That you will be lead to feel the natural serenity of leaving this world...
Hear my wings caressing the wind
Hear my cry
Haunt your fears
Though you don't know of my duty to lead
Your path, because I'll take, you home
To rest in my black wings, enfolding you
[Song: "Quoth the Raven" by Eluvietie , off the 2010 album Everything Remains ( As It Never Was)]
Taken at Sunny's : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Side%20Up/116/85/30
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It's fantastic to see Ravens making such a good recovery over the past 20 years or so. They are now a reasonably common sight over the moors of Derbyshire. I photographed this individual as it flew over Curbar Gap and headed off down a mist-covered Derwent valley, with its distinctive cronking call echoing off the gritstone edges.
Corvus is a widely distributed genus of medium-sized to large birds in the family Corvidae. The genus includes species commonly known as crows, ravens and rooks; there is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens".
Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use, but also tool construction. Thus, crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals with an encephalization quotient equal to that of many non-human primates.
Crows gather in large communal roosts numbering between 200 and tens of thousands of individuals during nonbreeding months, particularly in the winter. These gatherings tend to happen near large food sources such as garbage dumps and shopping centers. This group of crows lives near Niedertraubling.
Text adapted from Wikipedia.
© Rainer Merkl
Ravens are classic birds of wild places and, in my experience, tend to give humans a wide berth. So I was surprised whist sat on the summit cairn of Cairngorm on an early morning walk last week to be joined by this majestic individual. It hopped to within metres of where I was sat before eventually flying off with its typical cronking call. Unfortunately, there was a small boulder between me and the bird which meant I couldn't get a clean image of it from beak to tail, hence this crop.
Ravens are some of the misunderstood species. Some say they bring misfortune, others accuse them of stealing or say they are bad and devious. The truth is that they are very social and highly intelligent. And moreover I think they are very beautiful.
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The ancient landscape of Mutawintji National Parkis rich in Aboriginal history. Explore bushwalks and camp under the outback night sky.
Visiting the ancient landscape of Mutawintji National Park in the NSW outback is a uniquely Australian experience. Here you will find a ruggedly beautiful desert region showing evidence of continuous use by Aboriginal people for thousands of years.
Dominated by the Bynguano Ranges, whose vibrant red colour dramatically captures changes in the light, this outback park is home to the famous hand stencil art of local Aboriginal communities as well as many other important cultural and historic sites.
Common raven (Corvus corax) from nature reserve Wloclawsko Gostyninski Park Krajobrazowy in Poland; 20-01-2022.
The image was taken from a photo hide owned by "Poland Wildlife" (www.polandwildlife.com/).
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Raven - Corvus corax
The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres (25 inches) in length and 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds) in mass. Common ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan surpassed among passerines by only a few Australasian species such as the satin bowerbird and probably the lyrebirds. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each mated pair defending a territory.
Common ravens have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that people have regarded them as pests. Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet; they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste.
Some notable feats of problem-solving provide evidence that the common raven is unusually intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many cultures, including the indigenous cultures of Scandinavia, ancient Ireland and Wales, Bhutan, the northwest coast of North America, and Siberia and northeast Asia, the common raven has been revered as a spiritual figure or godlike creature.
Population:
UK breeding:
7,400 pairs
“People believed that when someone dies, a raven takes their soul to the land of the dead, but sometimes something bad happens, and it brings great sadness, and the soul cannot rest in peace. And sometimes, just sometimes, the raven can bring back the soul to mend the evil. "
The Crow
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“La gente creía que cuando alguien muere, un cuervo lleva su alma a la tierra de los muertos, pero a veces pasa algo malo, y trae mucha tristeza, y el alma no puede descansar en paz. Y a veces, solo a veces, el cuervo puede traer de vuelta el alma para reparar el mal. "
Photo Taken: Isles of Scotland
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Raven Soaring Through The North Window at Dawn with Turret Arch in the background at Arches National Park, Utah
I first used a Fractalius preload I never use, then processed it though a NIK filter, though I can't remember which. Improv processing.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn_and_Muninn
In Norse mythology, Huginn (from Old Norse "thought") and Muninn (Old Norse "memory" or "mind") are a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to the god Odin...
O'er Mithgarth Hugin and Munin both
Each day set forth to fly;
For Hugin I fear lest he come not home,
But for Munin my care is more
Ravens are becoming a more common sight on the moors near Sheffield. These two were cronking overhead as I was walking along Derwent Edge. I waited until I could frame them above the Salt Cellar.
Ravens are a part of my everyday life.
I watch, or just as often, hear them whoosh by high above the kitchen window cawing to each other on summer evenings.
They watch me for any scrap of fallen morsels or a chance at the bone the dog found and drug home.
They watch. I watch. I take their picture to add to my feed for others to feed on.
Male Raven perched up digesting the remnants from a little Bunny on a dreary wet morning on the IOW :-)
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Thank you so much for your patience and posing for me. It was a lot of fun putting the scenery and pose together for my favorite person. I hope you'll like how this picture turned out ~ ♡
A common raven (Corvus corax) walks in a parking lot along the Yellowstone River near Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
A Common Raven (Corvus corax) relaxing in the pine woods in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.A.
17 October, 2011.
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The Common Raven is the largest songbird in the world, and the individual in this image is vocalizing at a location along the Ingraham Trail (highway) that runs east of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories of Canada. Thanks to its size and resourcefulness, this species does very well even in the Arctic in wintertime. (It has a circumpolar distribution and is also found year-round in Greenland and northern Eurasia.). The Common Raven is the territorial bird of Yukon Territory, to the west of the NWT in the northern part of Canada.