Birds Identified: Common Raven
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Common Raven has these characteristics:
- Still perching
- Larger than robin
- Tail long
- Bill long, as long or longer than head
- Mostly blackish, or dark gray, bluish black, etc.
- Underparts plain
- North summer (June through August)
- North winter (November through February)
- Wood habitat
- Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
- Soaring flight (gliding or circling on set wings)
- Rasping harsh calls
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org