Thanks for the heads up, and for this story Ann! On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 20:27:22 -0500 ann sanfedele wrote: > >My personal favorite is for a very personal reason.. (in addition to it being >a lovely shot) >I think I know those ravens at the Painted Desert! >WHen did you take the photo, Jan?
It was taken on July 28, 2008, on a roadtrip starting in Phoenix, and traveling over 5000 miles in a grey Mustang convertible, visting about 10 parks along the way :) This is directly next to the vistor centre in the Painted Desert, when I drove up there from the Petrified Forest ... >I named the one in front "Sam" .. Ok, maybe it isn't Sam and his wife, but I >made friends with a Raven on the blue mesa overlook in the late 80's - He was >stealing crackers from me then I couldnt resist (what you are not supposed to do) feeding him. A couple of years later, nearing the overlook , I saw a raven overhead and called out to him.. >damned if he didn't come in for a landing, right in front of me... much to the >delight of RIchard's daughter who was traveling with us. Cute ... >While it is unlikely Sam recognized me and was just looking for anyone to give >him a handout, the ranger >said it was entirely possible it was the same guy, as ravens settle in to >favorite places and also mate for life. > >I took this photo of Sam in 1990 - and it got dolled up for inclusion in my >book of poetry.. > >https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Books-in-Print/The-Part-of-Fortune/i-SHfm4CB/A Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
