Editor’s note: Montana Birding is a monthly article featuring bird species of the Upper Clark Fork River Valley from Butte to Garrison. Author Gary Swant hopes the column will inspire people to take ...
In Colorado’s mountains, really big black birds are either American crows or common ravens, both of which can be found year-round throughout the state and both of which are often mistaken for the ...
It's the size of a hawk. It's common only in wilderness areas. It's long since been driven out of settled areas by shooting and poisoning. I am speaking of the common raven. Raven pairs can be seen ...
Readers traveling in the Hill Country are asking how to tell the difference between crows and ravens. Both birds are big, bulky and black with raucous calls. But American crows are smaller and leaner ...
New Jersey is home to an abundance of wondrous creatures. Some, like crows and ravens, may seem like an everyday occurrence ...
Crows and ravens are two birds that are often mistaken for each other due to their similarities in appearance and behavior. However, there are distinct differences between these two species, including ...
The members of the crow family, which includes crows, jays, magpies and ravens, are a group of highly social and highly intelligent birds. Many researchers believe this to be the most intelligent ...
A “murder” in the light of a full moon: Though it’s not a commonly used term today, a group of crows is called a murder; the name came from their medieval reputation as harbingers of death. Let me ...
We shall begin the year with an ‘unkindness’ that rarely needed collective noun for the common raven. Majestic, ominous, rapacious and sagacious, with a coat the colour of night, perhaps no bird ...