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Another from the Marlborough Downs in glorious late afternoon light. I rarely see Ravens on the ground let alone this close!
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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LeLutka - Raven Head 3.1 @ Mainstore
Head Applier
Glam Affair - Raven Skin @ Uber
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No Match - NO COMEBACK @ FaMESHed
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ROZOREGALIA - NARUSAZA @ FaMESHed
Top : -Sorumin- Samantha Top. At Anthem.
Skirt : -Sorumin- Sept Love . In main store.
Wildflowers w hold pose : Pitaya - Wild Flowers bouquet. New in main store.
Head : Lelutka - lel EvoX RAVEN 3.1
Tattoo : .:CORAZON:. Tattoo DIANA Light. At Equal 10.
Skin : [Glam Affair] Carmen [Lelutka EvoX] Blush. At The Fifty.
Lips : Shiny Stuffs EvoX Fit For A Princess 6
Eye makeup : Zibska Kairn Makeup [50] 15. At WLRP.
Hair : bonbon - mei hair. In main store for FLF.
Decor :
DD Dreamland Designs - Kensie Garden Bench. In main store.
DD Dreamland Designs -Weeping Angel Patch. In main store.
DD Dreamland Designs - My Heart In Your Hands. In main store.
-ATTIC- Old Power Pole A (w/Vines).
-Garden- by anc "end of universe" rose
Large, glossy-black bird with a wedge-shaped tail. Larger than a crow with a longer, thicker bill. Distinctive shape in flight, with rather long, swept-back wings and long tail. Note smoother, steadier wingbeats compared with faster, choppier wingbeats of crows. Extensive range throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Found in a wide variety of habitats, including desert, coniferous forest, coastlines, sagebrush, tundra, and grasslands. Often solitary or in pairs, but can gather in small groups. Typical call is a loud, guttural croak, but makes an astonishing variety of other strange noises.
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.
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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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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“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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The Australian Raven (corvus) is a black bird with white eyes in adults. The hackles on the neck (the throat feathers) are longer than in other species of crows. Australian Ravens usually live in pairs.
Taken at Fremantle Harbour
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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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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.
The feathers on its throat (hackles) are longer than in other species and together with its white irises, it is these features that distinguish it from the Australian Crow which is typically smaller.
The Raven is found in eastern, southern and central Australia and lives in all habitat types except for the more arid areas.
Its body measures 46 -53cm (18 -21 inches) in length with a wingspan of 100cm (39 inches). It has an all-black plumage, beak and mouth as well as strong grey-black legs and feet.
It is omnivorous though it eats more meat than smaller crows.
It is a peaceful bird showing no aggression towards humans or other birds without reason.
"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting” - Edgar Allen Poe
On the road to wisdom, behave like a Raven and observe everything carefully – Mehmet Murat ildan
Male Raven perched up digesting the remnants from a little Bunny on a dreary wet morning on the IOW :-)
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This picture is for my lovely Raven-chan, who was very much in need of a new profile picture. I had so much fun painting on your pretty face (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄) hehe~
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.
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Raven (Corvus corax) watching people go by at Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park.
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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