Australian Raven

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.
Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
~Poe
close-up - http://365project.org/annied/the-ones-i-left/2014-07-12

[Sam]

They scare me. Must have been due to the Movie "The Omen"

[Paula W]

Wonderful detail Annie which isn't easy with the black feathers, focus is spot on too. Hope you're doing ok.

[Annie D]

@paulaw thank you Paula - I am not doing to bad :)

[Annie D]

@gigiflower not Alfred Hitchcock "The Birds"?

[Babs]

Fantastic shot Annie. The focus is spot on. Aren't they just the most beautiful birds and that eye is brilliant.

[Sam]

@annied Oh no, I ADORE that movie..........but The Omen......scared the beejezus out of me. Or maybe I just secretly wanted to be that young man with all the power!

[Sam]

@annied BTW, I didn't want to be a "man" as such, just with power!! HAHAHAHA

[Sophia Ziburtovicz]

Outstanding!

[Annie D]

@gigiflower Omen scared me too - evil

[Annie D]

@onewing they are amazing Babs

[Annie D]

@gigiflower hahahahahahahaha

[Lorraine Hardy]

piercing eye - well deone

[Denise fuller]

fantatstic

[Eve Pulsater]

He's a really handsome fella.

[Richard Sayer]

Have to Fav this - it's exquisite Annie.

[Mike]

wow the eyes are piercing . Wonderful photo

[Annie D]

@lorrainelouise @denisefuller @creampuff @vignouse @mikekutz
thank you so much - I love these guys - so full of character and drama

[Kathie]

Lovely but scary.

[Julie Urbahn]

Look at the colours in that eye. Very cool