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White-necked raven

            Ravens scare people, they always have, they're black and they're big, and all the world has stories about them. They're also remarkably intelligent and playful. 

This is Ellie the White-necked raven, originally from East and Southern Africa, who I met at the @syracusezoo yesterday. When I walked up with the camera, she just silently watched me, but then I put the camera down and talked to her, "Hi!", and played "hide and seek" by looking at her from two sides of his enclosure divider, she decided that it was time to play. She turned her head upside down to look at me, so I turned my head around too. She puffed herself up, and opened her wings and squawked at me (for a raven that's more of a "woow" sounding croak) so I repeated it back. We talked for probably ten minutes with her bobbing and dancing on her branch.....

Taken in: United States / New York / Syracuse / Armory Square (show map)

Taken on: July 17, 2021

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