Anchorage Corvids

I could have called this 'Birds in Anchorage' but you know what? Except for a few pigeons and one owl (or maybe hawk, it was twilight and he was sitting far off), the only birds I saw I saw in Alaska that weren't in a cage were ravens and magpies. The ravens were everywhere, and paid people little heed - even people in pickups driving right at them - but the magpies were few and definitely didn't want to stay still long enough for their pictures to be taken. The only ones I got any shot at were at the Wildlife Conservation Center, hence the wire fence.

Ravens, by the way, have the coolest voices - they sound nothing like crows - and seemed slightly wacky; not only did they tumble in flight, but they were always jumping on each other and I even, once, saw one dropping ice from a light pole onto other ravens walking around underneath him...