A few times this spring I found myself looking at a Raven near the House and thinking something didn't quite look right, but I never pinned it down. Today I took the opportunity to try and get some Raven photos of some birds that were at a hunk of caribou behind the House. One of the Ravens only has half of her lower beak.
The bird seems in good shape and had no problem feeding.
Here is a "normal" Raven for comparison.
Half-beak with another Raven at the meat.
Coming in for a landing.
Up, up and away.
And my favourite photo (not Half-beak) from the photo session.
Ol’ Half-beak
A few times this spring I found myself looking at a Raven near the House and thinking something didn't quite look right, but I never pinned it down. Today I…
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Nice pictures.
When I lived in Inuvik I saw a one-legged sea gull that came back three summers in a row. I always marvelled at how elegantly he/she could land on top of a telephone pole despite haiving only one leg.
Thanks allmycke. It is amazing how some animals still survive despite their injuries. I suppose as long as they can keep eating, and avoid predators it works out all right.
These are great pictures! I love them! Especially the one you have chosen as your blog title.
If you like Ravens and want to know more about them one of my favourite books is Bernd Heinrichs “Raven’s in Winter.” It’s a little…obsessive (just a tad!) but his other book about Raven’s “The Mind of The Raven” is also a great read and has some fascinating photo’s too.
Thanks Sue, They are easy birds to be obsessive about. I am familiar with Bernd Heinrich’s books. I have his latest, The Snoring Bird, but have yet to look at it (not an unusual occurrence for me to have unread books lying about).
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Awww – she’s a doll! BTW the previous blogtitle pic, whose grave was it? Going to give a talk about John Davidson’s grave tomorrow night!!
Hi Fiona-Jane. It was Jusi Qavavauq’s grave near Arctic Bay. The story is on a previous post “Where the Gyrfalcon Isn’t”.
Must have been involved in a beak and claw (tooth and nail) fight with a fello birdy. Last year I posted a drongo with a broken beak, exactly like this.
Nice blog
Delson
Hi delson, and welcome. Beak problems seem to happen fairly regularly in birds. Hard to say what the cause of this one was. There are very few things that mess with ravens here. It could have had a run in with a fox trap or any number of things.