Well, (stately raven of the saintly days of yore) doesn’t exactly apply to our kid quite yet. While (s)he is getting much better at balancing and is developing flight muscles, it’s still a bit of a toss up if the intended landing target will be hit or not, and sometimes watching Raven getting from one side of the enclosure to the other can be quite entertaining for the staff! Still a bit of a clumsy juvenile.
We are all getting very excited about the end of quarantine. August 1st is the official day and then we can take her/him to Natural Encounters. We also sent in a few feathers this week to a lab that will run a DNA test and give us the answer to our Lord vs Lady question. I will be happy to stop using either/or gender references and we can hardly wait for the results so we can choose a name! Any bets on whether it be Lord or Lady? What name should we choose?
In the mean time, here are some pictures from our play session today. Raven is very curious about my iPhone. Both of these shots clearly show the blue/gray color of a juvenile raven’s eyes. They will turn brown as Raven matures this year.
Raven checks out my iPhone.
My pretty gray eyes will be brown when I grow up.
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I love those gray eyes! Hmmm Lord or Lady… my guess is a guy, since those feathers across the top of the bill look a bit like a mustache!