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Grand Canyon Raven

Started by neef, Aug 28 2012 08:13 PM

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#1 neef

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Posted 28 August 2012 - 08:13 PM

This pic is over 10 years old - way before I was actively interested in birds. My wife was showing old vacation slides to my kids when i got home from work and this was one of them. I used my camera to snap a flash picture of a slide. The slide is gorgeous but this pic is horrible. If this is indeed a Raven I'll get the slide digitized correctly and keep it as I haven't gotten a pic of a Raven yet.

That beak has to say Common Raven right?
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#2 Sparky the Cuttlefish

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Posted 28 August 2012 - 08:20 PM

Yup, Common Raven!

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#3 Totah Sam

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Posted 28 August 2012 - 11:29 PM

I love to drive to Canyon de Chelly and watch the ravens flip upside down and do acrobatics in the air overlooking Spider Rock. I plan on going next summer to capture some of their antics.

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#4 Joejr14

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Posted 28 August 2012 - 11:39 PM

Definitely! Look at that bill and big ol' tail!

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#5 neef

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 12:26 AM

Thanks everyone.

I looked for a long time to find one around here. It's funny to know I had been 3 feet away from one six years before and not even realized it!

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#6 MWM

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 12:11 PM

Take the slide to almost any drug store and they can do a pretty good job scanning it to disk or make a print. I've done that with a lot of old slides. Here's a sample of an old slide I had scanned (Golden Eagle on the WY/CO border):

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#7 neef

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 07:48 PM

Thanks for the tip Mark. Nice pic!

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#8 JimBob

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 07:51 PM

I just want to say that it took me forever to find the raven in the first picture. . .

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#9 Liam

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 08:35 PM

Take the slide to almost any drug store and they can do a pretty good job scanning it to disk or make a print. I've done that with a lot of old slides. Here's a sample of an old slide I had scanned (Golden Eagle on the WY/CO border):

Wow, love this! Something about the film adds a perfect touch here.