More Common Raven & nestlings pics

The top photo is of one of the Common Raven parent birds that appeared to be taking turns bringing food to the nestlings. The bottom photo shows the nestlings a little more clearly.
The top photo looks good when double-clicked to enlarge it. The bottom photo (the fledglings were in a dark, shaded area so I had to "push" the photo) will show the bills (pinkish to reddish with yellow gape edges) better but is not as clear.

Please note that we were over 50 yards from the nest. I took the photos with my 12x digital camera, cropped and edited them for enlargement and enhancement.
SeEtta

Prairie canyon's trip: Common Raven nest & nestlings

The birding highlight of the prairie canyon's birding trip last Saturday was this Common Raven nest with 4 nestlings. It is a rare event to find a raven nest and a real delight to find one with visible nestlings.

In the top photo a parent bird is just landing on the cliff beside the nest, bringing food for the begging nestlings (the gaping mouth of one nestling is fairly visible). Though difficult to visualize, a parent bird is feeding one of the nestlings in the bottom pic (see the far right gaping mouth and in it is the parent's beak). Details can be better seen by double-clicking to enlarge them though the quality will not improve (too dark in the nest). I will post 2 more pics on the next post.
SeEtta