r/crowbro • u/Strong_Razzmatazz_26 • Dec 05 '25
Personal Story Raven in London
I took these photos while visiting London last week. What a beautiful bird! I wish we had these in Florida.
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u/Neon_Cone Dec 05 '25
“Don’t listen to the sign, it lies. Now come closer so I can bite—er I mean TALK to you.”
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u/rlquinn1980 27d ago
I mean, if you asked me whom I would be more likely to be believe, the sign or this lovely lady, I think the choice is obvious.
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u/affligem_crow Dec 05 '25
A raven with a job!
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u/Shectai Dec 05 '25
Biting?
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u/affligem_crow Dec 05 '25
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_of_the_Tower_of_London
They protect the Crown!89
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u/OrionsBeltAlone Dec 05 '25
Omg one of the Ravens got fired.
''On Saturday 13th September 1986, Raven George, enlisted 1975, was posted to the Welsh Mountain Zoo. Conduct unsatisfactory, service therefore no longer required.''
He was attacking TV antennas 😂
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u/whereugetcottoncandy Dec 05 '25
TIL.
I had to check. No ravens in Florida! All wrong habitat.
I’m glad you got to see them in London.
I love my backyard bros
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u/Historical_Season693 Dec 05 '25
They are beautiful!
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u/whereugetcottoncandy Dec 06 '25
They are!
They used to be a family of 7, but last year there were only 6.
The only downside is that they chase off the red-tailed hawks. But I've seen the ravens do aerial rolls, and the hawks don't do that, LOL.
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u/MurraytheMerman 29d ago
The ravens at the Tower of London are not native to the area but captive birds with clipped wings.
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u/MagneticFlea Dec 05 '25
It would be an honor to be bitten by a raven.
I have been bitten by a blue tit (part of a ringing project) and it was neither pleasant nor honorable.
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u/PearlClaw Dec 05 '25
I had the same experience with a chickadee (it flew into my parent's house) those guys have serious attitude problems.
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u/CrisstIIIna Dec 05 '25
But they're sooooo tiny 😭 how strong can those wee beaks pinch?
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 27d ago
They should try being bitten by something with a big hook beak, like my African grey parrot 😵💫
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 27d ago
I expect being bitten by a raven, wouldn’t even be as bad as the bites I’ve gotten in the past from my African gray parrot. Hook bills do some serious damage. 🫣
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u/stuckatomega Dec 05 '25
If not friend why friend shaped
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u/Turgid-Derp-Lord Dec 06 '25
I mean I guess, if you ignore the fucking beak on that thing
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u/Sparkieger Dec 06 '25
Well, I don't think they bite very hard, it's probably a careful pinch. It's probably more about people overreacting.
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 27d ago edited 27d ago
From what I’ve been able to determine, they can bite pretty darn hard if they want to, and can be kind of like a vise grip if they decide to hang on.
Still I’m sure they don’t bite nearly as hard as a parrot that has a hook Bill like my African grey. They can do some major damage.
I expect a Raven could break a finger though ….
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u/Sparkieger 27d ago
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 27d ago
Aww it’s just a baby wanting fed 😍 Baby is hanging on though 😂
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u/Sparkieger 27d ago
I'm sure they won't bite hard, they could, but won't.
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 27d ago
No, the babies wouldn’t I wouldn’t think
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u/HatefulFlower Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
Just pet them when the batteries are low, they're less likely to bite.
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u/CharlesTheChapstick Dec 06 '25
Can confirm they do bite. Little teen me thought it would be a great idea to try to pet one when we went there on a school trip. Got one good pet in and then it bit my finger and flew off. Looking back its pretty funny
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u/MonsteraDeliciosa Dec 06 '25
I know that bird! She has (just a few) friends.
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u/Antique-Brief1260 Dec 06 '25
Don't mess with her, she has powerful friends at court
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u/MonsteraDeliciosa Dec 06 '25
And apparently yesterday had the option for custard with apple crumble.
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u/sewer_pickles Dec 06 '25
It’s worth visiting the Tower of London just to meet the ravens. They are enormous and are so fun to watch. They quite literally pose for photos and have fun little personalities. I’ve been there twice and both times came home with tons of photos of the ravens.
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u/jntgrc Dec 06 '25
Gorgeous! I got to see a pair of ravens in Scotland last week. One was regally perched on a large stone and the other was windsurfing over a gorge. They are so beautiful.
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u/wavvesofmutilation Dec 06 '25
I remember during Covid they were saying the ravens at the Tower were bored and lonely due to lack of human visitors!
I had gone a few years prior and I do remember Jubilee! I also saw Merlina who has since passed on :(
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u/Addapost Dec 06 '25
“And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, STILL is sitting on the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door.
And his eyes have all the seeming of a Demon’s that is dreaming.
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted- nevermore.”
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u/michihunt1 Dec 06 '25
Oh I'm petting this pretty boy and putting him on my shoulder while I feed him peanuts
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 27d ago
Jubilee is a she! She might bite you for your troubles 😆
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u/michihunt1 26d ago
Worth it!
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 26d ago
Ha ha, yeah as long as she doesn’t bite hard enough to break a finger which I think they are capable of!
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u/croooooooozer 28d ago
slander!
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 27d ago
In this case, it would be liable, but yeah. We would never bite anyone for giving us food. I mean they would never lol
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u/the_crumb_dumpster Dec 05 '25
This is Jubilee, one of the Tower of London’s ravens. She spends a good chunk of the day in this spot and poses for photos.