Hains Birds
Hains is a famous Eagle wintering ground. At certain times of the year the trees are dripping with eagles. I'm hoping to go to the eagle festival there in November.
This guy flew out in front of me and almost hit my car. He then stayed flying low right in front of my car for some distance like he was leading me. It was really neat, to bad I wasn't faster with my camera.
Every spring and fall the swans stop in the Yukon to rest on there migration rout. This pair decided to stay the summer on a little pond in the mountains.
The majestic Raven,
Much bigger that the crows most of you are familiar with. The Raven is our territorial bird. When I was a kid they were trying to decide what would be our territorial bird there was quite a debate as some consider the Raven to be a pest, always getting into people's garbage.
They are actually extremely intelligent, right up there with monkey's. They have been seen manipulating things to make tools. They also appear to have a sense of humor, every one up hear has a funny story about Ravens.
They are one of my favorite birds. Bird geniuses that have no problem eating and the dump and playing tricks on us human folks. They are know as the trickster by the natives.
posted by Keeping Up with Laura @ 12:38 PM
2 Comments:
nice eagle photo, oh and the raven too. I remember trying to outwit the raven to keep my lunch from being eaten in the days when I was a treeplanter. They truly are 'genius birds'.
Thanks for visiting Dave. Your amazing photos are an inspiration.
A Raven story for you: One cold winter day when I was about 10 years old I was looking out the window watching the Ravens puffing themselves up , as they do when the temperature is -30. There was one sitting atop a lamp post. He suddenly stretched out his wings and wrapped them around the light. I wondered what he was up to. Then I notice that the light had come on. He had some how figured out that they were photosensitive and was warming himself.
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