Raven Silhouette

Christopher Dodds October 2, 2022

As I prepared this image, I could not get Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven out of my mind. “Other friends have flown before— On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.” Read The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe @ The Poetry Foundation HERE.

**Raven with Razorbill egg in golden light** (Corvus corax, Grand corbeau, CORA) from my Deluxe Puffins Galore Lighthouse Island Workshop Adventure. Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, Quebec, Canada. Image copyright ©Christopher Dodds Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony 2X teleconverter (@1,200mm). ISO 2,500, f/8 @ 1/5,000s. Manual Exposure mode. Join me for my Deluxe Puffins Galore workshop next August. To learn more CLICK HERE.

Common Raven with Razorbill egg in golden light

Christopher Dodds August 15, 2022

All of the seabirds on the cliffs evacuate at the first sight of the Raven. They are quite skilled at carefully carrying stolen eggs :( Part of their success as a species is due to their omnivorous diet: they are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, nesting birds, and food waste.