Common Raven nestlings

I came upon a raven nest in the trestle of the C.P. Rail line crossing the Pic River, east of Marathon. The photos were taken from between the railway ties. The large stick nest was situated about two metres below the tracks.

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Two Common Ravens and a Pine Grosbeak - birds with a circumboreal distribution.

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This is a very typical scene in our backyard. It includes two species (Common Raven and Pine Grosbeak) and a distinctive genus (birch -  Betula) which can be found together in Canada, Greenland, Scotland, Finland, Russia, Mongolia and China and elsewhere.