Oh I am so psyched!  I've never felt so blessed in my life.  Today I was off so I went to the Turtleback Zoo. While I was there I got lots of nice pictures to share, but something happened which I'll never forget, and I have the photos to prove it!  There are 2 caged ravens in this zoo.  They seemed very active today, flying about and calling.  I finally looked up (Number 1 advice to all photographers....LOOK AROUND YOU EVERYWHERE!) and saw 2 WILD ravens high up in a tree.  I thought "cool" so I tried to get photos as best I could, but it was far off.  I kept talking to them in a low voice and watching them carefully, as I had never seen wild ravens that close before.  So then they both suddenly flew down and got a whole lot CLOSER!  Of course I was certain they were interacting in some way or another with the caged ones, who I felt really bad for, because I knew they wanted to get out.
But anyway the two wild ones seemed to be courting, and I took so many photos of them! I was thrilled!  It's always difficult to choose what pictures to use but this time it was even more difficult, so I hope I have picked out the best ones and my watchers will feel the same.

There were also baby prairie dogs again. They. Are. So. Freaking. CUTE.  Another tough choice in which photos to use, my goodness!

I just hope you will like them all.  I had a great photo outing and I'll never, ever forget those magnificent ravens!  I love corvids, and especially these large and intelligent black beauties.