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Index of Subjects The other day at Rainbow Haven Beach, HRM, I came across a very tame N. Raven perched atop a direction sign. It was clearly a young bird, and allowed us to approach by car to within 2 m for photos. Apparently two of them have been hanging around the beach food concession cadging potato chips and other goodies from beach goers. I guess any wild bird can become tame in that sort of situation. Presumably there is no need in this example to invoke "imprinting" in the classical sense of, e.g., accepting a human foster parent as a "bird" because of very early exposure. Cheers, Ian McLaren Quoting Fritz McEvoy <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com>: > Hi All, For the last week or so a young Raven has been hanging > around our property. It has no fear of humans as I can approach to > within three feet. It seems to have no medical problems other than an > inability to vocalize. It attempts to call but can only produce low > guttural sounds. At first this was interesting but now I wonder if > it may be imprinting on humans and whether or not I should discourage > its remaining at my house? Does this behavior occur from time to time > and will the bird leave on his own volition in time? All the best. > Fritz >
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