Tag: ravens
LISTENING TO RAVEN Solo Exhibition
There is an artist named Beth Surdut who specializes in the art and story of Raven. She would like to invite all those who love corvids, particularly ravens, to to her solo exhibition of intricate drawings and stories opening at the Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The show runs through August 9, [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under art, Exhibit, Listen to Raven, New Mexico, Raven, Raven myths, ravens.
Tags: art with ravens, Beth Surdut, corvid art, corvids art, Listening to Raven Solo Exhibition, raven and art, raven art, ravens, ravens and art
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Raven Puppet
Raven Puppet
Originally uploaded by grimmwire
This is a raven puppet seen at the Kensington Festival of Lights (Winter Solstice 2007).
Beautiful work…I love the blue highlights, crows and ravens really do have blue sheen in their feathers, excellent work.
Posted: June 4th, 2010 under Crow, Raven, ravens.
Tags: raven puppet, ravens, ravens and culture
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Raven queen
Raven queen
Originally uploaded by ultradialectics amsterdam
Crows and ravens often inspire art. This is one I found while perusing flickr. Gorgeous, isn’t it? Can I challenge my readers to write me a story from this picture? Write me a story of the Raven Queen. I will post it with a link to wherever you wish! If [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2010 under art, Crow, Raven, Raven Queen, ravens.
Tags: bird woman, birds and art, corvid, crow art, Raven, raven art, Raven Queen, raven woman, ravens, ravens and art
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Discussing the Weather…
I really love this photograph. It is brilliant. Ravens, as most corvids, are very sociable and this photograph captures it wonderfully. Like two elders discussing the weather… great photo—great title.
Posted: September 30th, 2009 under corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, Photograph, photographs, photos, Raven, ravens, Sharon C Johnson, sociable.
Tags: crow photos, photographs, photos, photos about crows, Pictures, raven photos, ravens
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The Judge
The Judge
Originally uploaded by aaardvaark (away until early October)
Here’s an old one I found while looking for something else. An Australian Raven messing with us at lunch. I haven’t seen one come so close before, anywhere.
Missnoma is right, it looks wise perhaps more than grumpy, so I changed the title.
[Previous title: DON'T ... mess with [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Australian Raven, Crow, Photograph, photographs, photos, Raven, ravens.
Tags: Australian Raven, Australian ravens, photograph of Australian Raven, raven photos, ravens
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The Revered, Reviled Crow Clan by Howard Youth
I read an excellent article about corvids from their habitat to myths and legends about them in the May/June 2001 issue of Zoogoer. I think it is worth the read. Here is an excerpt:
For centuries, a dark specter haunted the bloody battlefields [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2009 under American Crow, article, Calls, Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, corvid brain, Corvids, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, Magazine articles, ravens, Thick-billed raven.
Tags: article, choughs, Corvids, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, crows, jackdaws, jays, magpies, nutcrackers, ravens, Rooks, Thick-billed raven, treepies, zoogoer
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The Social Life of Corvids
Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
The social life of corvids
Nicola S. Clayton1, and Nathan J. Emery2,
1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK
2Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 8AA, UK
Available online 20 August 2007.
Article Outline
Of the 120 species of birds in the corvid family, which includes [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, bird brain, bird brain size, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, intelligence, Mating, Memory, metatools, monogamous, Parental care, Problem Solving, Range, Recognition, scientific article, Self-Aware, self-recognition, sociable, Tool Use.
Tags: behavioral flexibility, behavioural flexibility, bill holding, bill twining, bowing, breeding, cache, coloniality, communal, cooperative, cooperative behavior, corvid, corvid sociality, corvids social, crows, crows are sociable, cues, cultural variation, defending the nest, development period, dominant status, fanning, fission-fusion society, florida scrub-jay, food caching, helpers, jays, juvenile, linear dominance hierarchy, magpies, mated pair, mates, Mating, Mexican jay, monogamous, mutual preening, nesting, non-breeding relatives, offspring feeding, post-conflict affiliation, predator watch, ravens, Recognition, relative status, rookery, Rooks, roost, sociable, social, social bonds, social life, social network, social stimulation, social support, stress management, support, territory, vocal sharing, vocalizations, western scrub jay, winter roosts
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Corvids play
Everything plays. Playing helps with motor and sensory skills as well as social behavior. It relieves stress. It teaches the young many important things needed for survival through the process of trial and error while they can still afford to make mistakes. It keeps relationships healthy. Social play helps children gain friends. Social play helps [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, bird brain, bird brain size, bird play, caring for the young, Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, corvid brain, corvid play, Corvids, Crow, crows, family, learning, play, playing, social play, Young.
Tags: avian play, birds play, caring for the young, Common Raven, Corvidae, Corvids, corvids play, crows play, play, play with birds, play with crows, ravens, ravens play, social play
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Are crows monogamous?
two crows
Originally uploaded by mikE~510
I regularly peruse crow photographs on flickr. Today I found this one. What an excellent photograph, don’t you think? Under the photograph the question was asked, “Are crows monogamous?” Are crows monogamous? Are ravens monogamous? I thought this would be a good post for today.
Yes, crows and ravens are monogamous. They [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2008 under American Crow, behavior, Common Crow, Common Raven, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus Corax, Crow, family, Family Recognition, Marzluff, Mating, monogamous.
Tags: are crows monogamous, are ravens monogamous?, bird love, crows, crows are monogamous, love, love bird, monogamy, ravens, social behavior
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Common Ravens and Egg
Common Ravens and Egg
Originally uploaded by poecile05
This is the second raven baby/egg photograph and post. Thanks to the photographer, poecile05, for sharing this on flickr and allowing us to blog it.
If you read yesterday’s post, you know how much a baby raven can and must consume. I shared with you a small part of a [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2008 under Common Raven, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus Corax, eggs, feeding, Fledgling, Flickr, Mutes, Nestling, Nests, Northern Raven, Parental care, Photograph, Pictures, Raven.
Tags: baby raven, Common Raven, common raven baby, corvid, corvid diet, Corvidae, corvus, Corvus Corax, eggs, feeding, Fledgling, food, Mutes, Nestling, Nests, Raven, raven babies, raven baby, raven diet, raven eggs, raven food, raven life, raven mutes, raven nestlings, raven parental care, raven photographs, raven waste, ravens
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