At long last we have bestowed upon our Lady Raven a name. There was much debate and deliberation over what would fit this bird. Several people suggested Lenore and it was definitely hard to resist this one, but since Poe’s Lenore came to a mysterious and untimely end, we thought perhaps we wouldn’t invite fate along on this quest for a name. If you are following along with the comments, you might have seen Kara suggest the name ”Quoth” so when we introduced her during a presentation we could say “This is Quoth…the raven”. Zoo Keeper’s tend to have a quirky sense of humor so this was a front runner for a long time, but when we call her to us from a distance, it’s difficult to say “Here Quoth”. So back to the drawing board.
We are enjoying working with her immensely, but she definitely keeps us on our toes! She can be soliciting a scratch or a play session one second and then clacking her beak at you and attempting to abscond with your treat container the next. She definitely has her own ideas about what she wants to do and how a training session should progress, and although we shied away from Lenore, we thought an obscure Poe reference could be in order.
So all the factors; her flight was delayed because of a storm, she changes moods on a dime, Poe reference….hmmmm…
Finally we hit on the perfect name!
We’d like to introduce Tempest the Raven!
Natural Encounters Keeper Amelia plays a game of tug-of-war with Tempest as Supervisor Amanda watches the fun.
We hope you like our choice and we are looking forward to blogging about all our adventures training with and being educated by Tempest. She is learning so fast we can hardly keep up and we hope to have her public debut in the next few months.
