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Immature Common Raven, North American subspecies (Corvus corax principalis, or Northern Raven), Gualala, Sonoma Coast, California: photo by Ingrid Taylor, 24 June 2009
Took up residence two weeks back
in the great redwood
habitat church
defying traffic rocketing past
below -- the challenge
returned -- a couple --
creating a formidable
racket of their own --
from the upper branches
descending
like black stones in the stream
then flapping up --
bickering with the morning
rush hour flow
again
Female adult Common Raven, North American subspecies (Corvus corax principalis): photo by Bombtime, 3 June 2007
Common Raven, North American subspecies (Corvus corax principalis), landing near a tent, Stovepipe Wells Campground, Death Valley National Park, California: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 22 December 2004
Common Raven, North American subspecies (Corvus corax principalis), showing a pair of birds as friends, perching on top of a roof, Stovepipe Wells Campground, Death Valley National Park, California: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 22 December 2004
A pair of Common Ravens, North American subspecies (Corvus corax principalis), Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah: photo by Marlin Harms, 18 October 2010
Group of Common Ravens, North American subspecies (Corvus corax principalis) at a landfill site, Western Mojave Desert: photo by William J. Boarman, 2003 (United States Geological Survey; image by Clayoquot, 2007)
Dilapidated Cold War-era NIKE Missile site radar dome with an unkindness of ravens (evening roost), near Eielson AFB, Alaska: photo by C. Goodwin, Junior, 29 January 2006 (image by Slant6guy, 2006)
Wooden carving of Kutkh, the Raven Spirit, made by Koryak artisans of Kamchatka: photo by Eliezg, 7 January 2008
Raven at the Headwaters of Nass ceremonial hat: Tlingit, c. 1810 (Seattle Art Museum; photo by Joe Mabel, 18 December 2008)
