King Of Corvids
November 26th, 2010
This raven came along while I was watching diving ducks on Wednesday. He was heralded in the usual way: by the sound of angry crows!
I bet you look at that picture and imagine him making a loud "grawk!", right? Nope. The sound he actually made (repeatedly) was a delicate, hollow little *pop*--like the sound of water droplets. Each time opening his beak wide and fluffing out his throat feathers dramatically, all to deliver this tiny sound effect. Gotta love ravens.
Maybe *pop* was code for, "anybody want to share this?"
November 26th, 2010
This raven came along while I was watching diving ducks on Wednesday. He was heralded in the usual way: by the sound of angry crows!
I bet you look at that picture and imagine him making a loud "grawk!", right? Nope. The sound he actually made (repeatedly) was a delicate, hollow little *pop*--like the sound of water droplets. Each time opening his beak wide and fluffing out his throat feathers dramatically, all to deliver this tiny sound effect. Gotta love ravens.
Maybe *pop* was code for, "anybody want to share this?"
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xiphia
November 26th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Those are great! :)
Mike
November 26th, 2010 at 11:46 am
The raven's expression in the first one shows up better in the full-size version... nice catch!
queenie_writes
November 26th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I LOVE the RAVENS! <3
Mike
November 26th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Indeed! They've been hanging around Ottawa more in the past couple of years.