tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post6736234079480340812..comments2023-09-02T03:03:26.994-07:00Comments on Vet On The Edge: Temple of RavensAKDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533003137934379516noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-69799404596774298312010-11-04T13:50:31.036-07:002010-11-04T13:50:31.036-07:00@INO: Thanks for coming along!@INO: Thanks for coming along!AKDDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533003137934379516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-77584417697881719302010-11-04T11:43:31.677-07:002010-11-04T11:43:31.677-07:00Wow. What an excellent thing to have seen. Thank...Wow. What an excellent thing to have seen. Thank you for taking us along!I need orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-63673739974121879492010-11-03T16:03:15.888-07:002010-11-03T16:03:15.888-07:00@ MM: We have crows, too, but they're pretty w...@ MM: We have crows, too, but they're pretty well confined to costal areas. I'm in the maritime zone, but not exactly costal. I did have one a rehab crow for a while in vet school. Very messy - like all the corvids I've known so far.<br /><br />@Jenn and Dragon: glad you enjoyed it. I'm currently sitting in the same exact spot, nary a raven to be seen, so I'm glad I had them to look at out the window that day. <br /><br />@Sophia: Well, it's been kind of a busy summer, what with one thing and another. I shall be sure to bore you with details sometime in teh (hopefully) not-too-distant future....AKDDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533003137934379516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-23060780993282649402010-11-02T08:08:37.515-07:002010-11-02T08:08:37.515-07:00I love all the Corvidae, so this was a great post ...I love all the Corvidae, so this was a great post to read. And where have you been, anyway? Is that book out?Sophia Katthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06716954663362611692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-41601348361928288072010-11-01T22:24:02.131-07:002010-11-01T22:24:02.131-07:00Beautiful.
Sounds like a really great moment for ...Beautiful.<br /><br />Sounds like a really great moment for you. Thank you for the wonderful sharing of it.<br /><br />Crow, raven, magpie, I could not tell the difference but I love to see them fly through the trees.<br /><br />We have a couple of places where the buzzards come so close overhead as they sail out over the cliff that you can almost reach out and pat them as they go by.Dragon43https://www.blogger.com/profile/10300731439715496511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-46120359895770658522010-11-01T09:38:43.147-07:002010-11-01T09:38:43.147-07:00Absolutely lovely description. I could visualize t...Absolutely lovely description. I could visualize their dance. Thank you for sharing this experience with us!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283334035989645291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-33542175571135846192010-11-01T08:19:45.843-07:002010-11-01T08:19:45.843-07:00We occasionally get ravens here - I saw a brace of...We occasionally get ravens here - I saw a brace of them the other day - but mostly, we get crows. Big, fat, sleek crows, but crows none-the-less. Generally, we don't see aerial ballets, but rather, we get the mafioso. They gather in claques, following one lead bird as he (she?) struts importantly about. They insolently eye passers-by, and ruffle their feathers threateningly at any who dawdle past. Should you make so bold as to approach, they'll resentfully relocate, then gather nearby and insult you until you move on.<br /><br />I find the behavior fascinating... And entertaining. Like a bunch of wannabe gangsters, they loiter at parking lots and road verges, making a mostly harmless nuiscance of themselves. I find myself wanting to ask one "Are you a Jet? Or a Shark?"MaskedManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847118110075039840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-45615506220095391892010-10-31T16:59:50.436-07:002010-10-31T16:59:50.436-07:00@beardies3: You're welcome, and so glad you li...@beardies3: You're welcome, and so glad you liked it!<br /><br />@Holly: It's true. The magpies might be the prettiest (possibly also the brattiest) of the corvids, but all of them have that iridescence: green and blue and purple, a subtle gleam against the black. Gorgeous.AKDDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533003137934379516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-90999663443590807112010-10-31T16:36:18.514-07:002010-10-31T16:36:18.514-07:00We don't seem to have ravens here, but se do h...We don't seem to have ravens here, but se do have crows. <br /><br />The irridescent black feathers on a healthy bird are stunning.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685436243608973979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-25774718551284632782010-10-31T15:28:32.976-07:002010-10-31T15:28:32.976-07:00That was a beautiful moving picture of feathered g...That was a beautiful moving picture of feathered grace and dignity. Thank you for sharing.beardies3https://www.blogger.com/profile/11394839310819266725noreply@blogger.com