RAVENS

 

Portrait of raven

Spain

I have a great fascination for ravens : Corvus corax !! They are known to be highly intelligent, they have a developed and advanced social life and social structure, they have a complex language with MANY different sounds & signals and they can grow very old (up to 70 years in captivity) and hence : be very experienced. Ravens are normally very shy and difficult to shoot. Most of my raven pics have been a "bonus" from long stays in winterly hides waiting for other birds and animals ... and they have often shortened my "endless waiting" with great entertainment !

Ravens are great flyers and control the flight situation with the white-tailed eagle as long as it is over the eagle. It would never fly under !

Lokka, Finland

Raven chased by adult goshawk

Joensuu Finland

Ravens like to tease and bully white-tailed eagles, but they also know to keep their distance

Kuhmo Finland

Composition with one raven and two white-tailed eagles

Lokka, Finland

Ravens in flight formation

Lokka Finland

Ravens in airial interaction

Joensuu Finland

Gothic raven with evening light down the valley

Dalen, Norway

Aggressive interaction

Lokka Finland

A typical rock band picture !!

Joensuu, Finland

Talking behind somebody's back !

Lokka Finland

Dancing riverdance !

Lokka Finland 

Dancing tango !

Lokka Finland

An egg for breakfast

Ekkerøy, Norway

Silhuet

Spain

Silence

Kuhmo Finland

Winterly raven

Joensuu Finland

Whiteout

Kuhmo Finland