[Photos] Good morning, brother raven.

[moonvoice]

I had a juvenile Australian raven come visit a roof-top today and then caw its handsome little heart out. I had to switch lenses, and the Australian ravens here know when they're abuot to be photographed and generally wait until I've got the camera lined up before flying away. It makes me laugh.

So I said out loud, 'please wait for me this time, brother raven, please wait,' and I ran and switched lenses and came back outside and got these. :)







With morning light and a storm behind me.





'How much longer do you want me to stay?'



Preparing to let the world know he exists.



A wake up call for the suburbs. Look how impressive those throat hackles are!

Comments

[liondaughter.livejournal.com]

He's gorgeous. :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

It was lovely to wake up to this morning.
Well, except for the 'AH, AH, AH, AHHHHHHHHHH' noise that they make. Lol.

[anrui-ichido.livejournal.com]

Wow, he has quite the presence, doesn't he? :D Excellent captures!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Our ravens rock the casbah. :D

[ariestess]

Wow! He's a gorgeous bird!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

He is! I'm so glad he stayed for a the minute he did so that I could get some pictures.

[corvus-animus.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing! A young raven for a young home? :3

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Hee, we have so many ravens here it's not funny. They're all pretty shy. But at any one time, going outside, you'll see or hear about 3-4 ravens. They just love the construction site.

[darakat-ewr.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos. Thanks for sharing.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

:D Glad you like!

[shimmerhawk.livejournal.com]

Beautiful bird and beautiful photos!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I'm so glad he stayed to pose. :)

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, the iridescence on his neck hackles is just amazing on those last two pictures!

What a lovely fellow. Yay burdies~

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Australian ravens, from memory, have the largest throat hackles of all the ravens. So even the juveniles get to show them off! :D

[end-of-the-mind.livejournal.com]

How handsome! I'll have to send you pics of our resident ravens. They're not nearly as impressive in the hackle department, but they're very uhh...black. And large. And bitey! Owie!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I've said this twice already, so anyone reading my comments is going to be bored, but Australian ravens have the largest throat hackles of any raven.

Maybe they're compensating for their smaller size? ;) ;)

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

Wow, he's quite impressive. ^_^

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

He was awesome. :D

[nachtrabe.livejournal.com]

Oh that is a beautiful bird...

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*nods* The adults here are more 'impressive,' but all ravens are so handsome.

[lupabitch.livejournal.com]

I love, love, love the "beard" of feathers under the beak!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

The Australian raven has the most distinctive/prominent throat hackles of any raven - so even the juveniles have really impressive beards! :)

[belenen.livejournal.com]

wow, those photos are amazing! as is the subject ♥

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He was a gorgeous subject. :D

[silere.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos! He is very handsome.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Isn't he? I'm glad he showed off for me for a little while. The ravens here are plentiful, but also very shy.

[mutantenemy.livejournal.com]

What a dignified looking raven you got there. :) Stunning photos. Simply stunning.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you!
And he was pretty dignified.
And loud. Heh.

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

Wow, they are really different looking than the crows and ravens I've seen. Very cool.

His eyes look red though. Is that a juvie thing, or just his own thing?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I think it's brown, and has gone a bit reddish in the morning light. Most juvie ravens I've seen have had black/dark dark brown eyes, so I wonder if the colouration change is because they're starting to turn white.

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

Learn something new everyday :)

It makes sense at least.

Ooh, Shiny!

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Wotta pretty birdie!

And quite considerate to pose for you like that :)

Re: Ooh, Shiny!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Very considerate. :D

[jet-ski.livejournal.com]

looks a bit wet :P no wonder they protest! hahah

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, they've been much louder today than usual.

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

Aw, those are great. Love the light, and the little guy's attitude.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

He had awesome attitude. :D

[gallows-queen.livejournal.com]

Ooooh...gorgeous, gorgeous pics; thank you for sharing them!!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked them! :D

[nar-kiranka.livejournal.com]

He reminds me of the African Crows.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Oooo, I never even thought of that. :D

[aleia-kali.livejournal.com]

Absolutely stunning, thankyou for sharing.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed them. :)

[dragonsrmd.livejournal.com]

He certainly is handsome! Where I work there are quite a few ravens, they fascinate me as they have such incredible presence :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

That is awesome! I love it when you can get exposure to other animals and such at work, even if it's just nearby. We've only just moved house into a brand new suburb, so it's basically a gigantic sandpit edged by bushland; and the ravens love it here. I'd hazard that every new house built has been visited and 'christened' by ravens and feral foxes.

[dragonsrmd.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately developers have been building houses on the land nearby so we've lost some of our woodland, however we still get visited by lots of wildlife including jays, woodpeckers, some spectacular feisty magpies, also deer and their young :D Even some of our most unsettled patients will stop and calm for a while just to watch :D

[jacquie-o.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous creature! I love ravens. Great pics.

[cazzyline.livejournal.com]

He looks like he's practicing a Shakespeare monologue or something else with similar gravity.

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

What a handsome fella.