One more b-day sift today. This one is for Raven

awww thanks swampy! See guys? We're really a cuddly flock!

ravens are highly intelligent. but also filthy.

is it me or does that guy sound really creepy?

Yeah, all birds are filthy animals. But I'm gonna upvote 'cause it's still cool...

Raven: Who is the human friend?

There's more footage of this guy on youtube. You can see that the bird follows him after that and won't leave him.

Not to "poop" on the post, I have to say this is not wild a bird, this is a domesticated bird that was released into the general population, or even more conspiracy theorist in thought, it was staged . Several others on the comments from the original YouTube post agree.

NOW with that said,

Happy BDay Raven!

The Raven is such a majestic and beautiful animal.

Not that different from the raven keepers at the Tower of London. They get treated quite well there. The story goes that if the ravens leave the Tower, the monarchy will fall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London#Ravens

i've seen raven's in parks in california that are very used to close quarters with people. easy to get free food if you just hang out and look majestic for the cameras, especially near picnic areas, even just to keep an eye on scraps that fall if not to beg for handouts.

We get seagulls in the summmer and ravens in the winter. The Ravens are BIG like twice the mass of this cordial fellow I would guess. They love french fries.

Whoah... this is in the top 15! I can't remember the last time one of my sifts, let along a sift posted for me, made it to the top 15... go go go! You can do it little sift... number 1 number 1!!!

Thanks again for the present swampy!

what is this, bird porn?