Onyx, a Common Raven here at the Alaska Raptor Center, received some fun enrichment, mealworm beetles! Enrichment activities like this help our feathered friends engage in natural behaviors, stay active, and have more control over their environment. Did you know that Common Ravens are incredibly versatile eaters? They'll munch on carrion, insects like grasshoppers and beetles, scorpions, fish, berries, and even human food like picnic leftovers! 🍽️🍗 #RavenEnrichment #BirdBehavior" | Alaska Rapt

A RAVEN'S DIET: This is Hello, our Common Raven, enjoying some of his diet. As part of his daily husbandry, volunteers or staff will take him out to our Nature Cove to hop around and explore. Hello has a wing impairment so he is unable to fly, but he likes to explore along the ground and sit in the sun. Ravens are omnivorous, meaning they eat both meat and vegetation. In the wild they have been observed eating a wide variety of foods from carrion to insects — and even catching pigeons in the sky

Irrational fear Knowing other raven carers, a common feature will emerge. Every raven has something it is very afraid of, even though in reality it doen't pose a threat to it. It is the same with Echo. In the summer, when a specific species of grass blooms, Echo spends most of the area flying or sitting on your shoulder. No one and nothing will convince him to sit on the ground where the grasses he is afraid of grow. The training didn't bring any results, so we learned to function in such a way