"Birds will give you a window, if you allow them. They will show you secrets from another world - fresh vision that, though it is avian, can accompany you home and alter your life. They will do this for you even if you don't know their names - though such knowing is a thoughtful gesture. They will do this for you if you watch them." ~ Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Corvus Corax: Common Raven
I enjoy watching most birds, but I would like to meet a raven someday. Even their less smart cousins, crows, are pretty intelligent, but Ravens are supposed to be off the charts.
We have crows and magpies around here, and supposedly ravens, but I've never seen one... probably too smart to get involved in the affairs of people.
Doodled from an image on Paruula's Flickr photostream.