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Emi Fujimoto  is a young Japanese photographer and artist with an "innocent" macabre style. Ravens, moons, puppets and cats sparkle across her gallery, set against the dim and beautiful world only her lens can create. View more of Emi's work here , on Flickr

©Jutta Maue Kay Jutta Maue Kay is a German native with a passion for human rights and conservation. She has been all over the world, and currently resides in Vancouver, where her newest subjects are in vast abundance. The images she captures of the Ravens and Carrion Crows of the Pacific Northwest are truly special. Each one is infused with

By southern sonata (lj) We've written before about leucism in crows and ravens, which can cause lighter or abnormal coloring. This little crow, however, is an albino; the difference being that leucism is a loss of pigment, whereas albinism is a lack of it. By southern sonata (lj) By southern sonata (lj) From the book of Basil Livanova "Remember the

Once found only along the Southeastern coast of the United States, fish crows have spread north. They've also moved inland, chowing down on a half-eaten Filet-o-Fish as well as a beached red snapper. Robert Miller of Newstimes.com writes,"I hear it when I walk across The News-Times parking lot on the way into work in the morning -- a sort of sneezy

Raven used to be the most beautiful of birds. He had feathers like pure white snow and his song was bright and magical. Yet, he lost it all because of Man, who brought fire burning on a branch. His beautiful feathers grew black from the falling soot. His enchanting voice became hoarse from the smoke and his legs became hard

Both in the air and on the ground there is an irrepressible jauntiness about jackdaw movements. Yet perhaps the most useful distinguishing feature of this intensely sociable bird is its voice. The full range of calls is complex, although the best known is a monosyllabic, almost dog-like yap, of which the first part of the name is descriptive. Jackdaws make