I have been told that ravens are solitary
creatures who do not flock with birds of any feather
I have been told that to see ravens in pairs is fine
but more isn’t usual
But my ravens are unusual
My ravens join together in groups
of two or four or six or more
My ravens commune with one another
My ravens gather together in huge trees
and caw and kronk and chatter their great beaks
My ravens do not follow the rules
My ravens do as they please.
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Poetry and photograph by Liza Lee Miller
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They do as they please because they are YOUR ravens. Lovely verse.
Your ravens are awesome, Liza!
Love this!
Today had a few Ravens flying overhead doing some courtship displaying! They are such great birds!
Ravens will be ravens and they are such intelligent birds. Good one, Liza!
Very nice post and photo!
Ah Ravens. Sounds like yours don’t read the field guides, or the reports on how they should act. 🙂
Wonderful photo and beautiful words!
Good birding to you!
Great post Liza! I love shots of birds in trees with a clear blue sky background. But even better than that is bird poetry to go with the nice photography! Thanks for sharing your pros.
Very beautiful ravens. Nice photo. :)))
Liza, I’ll trade you a few ravens for a few crows! ;o)
Nice Ravens. Nice words.
Ravens are certainly not solitary birds. They are a gregarious species, though mated pairs can be highly territorial, unmated and juvenile common ravens often form roosts. These are information centers that aid inexperienced birds in the important function of finding food. They are also a great place to hook up with the opposite sex.
I haven’t found them to be solitary but I’ve read that they are solitary and had bird people tell me that large groups of them aren’t possible. I see them in groups prety regularly although I still contend that the behavior shown in this post is pretty uncommon!
As birdy as they claim, you’ve been given misinformation.
Look to biologist Bernd Heinrich and his books “Ravens in Winter” and “Mind of the Raven.” The pinnacle of corvid literature, in my opinion.
Thanks. I have those books . . . now to read all of them — that’s the trick! No time. Still, I’ll trust my own eyes and observations from now on. Thanks!!!