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Birdfinding.info <\/em><\/strong>\u21d2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Among the most widely known of all birds, trickster demigod of various myths, icon of the British monarchy and the Baltimore football team, and the titular object of one of the world\u2019s most popular poems.\u00a0 Common in many parts of its extensive range, mostly in desolate landscapes, but uncommon or absent from much of western Europe, eastern Asia, and the eastern U.S.\u00a0 Regions where it is generally common include Alaska, Canada, the western U.S. (see Breeding Bird Survey Abundance Map<\/em><\/strong> in Notes<\/u><\/strong> below), Mexico, the Iberian Peninsula, heathlands of the British Isles, Scandinavia, and mountainous portions of central and eastern Europe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Northern Hemisphere,<\/strong> in various open and semiopen, but mostly barren and rocky habitats, including arctic tundra, mountains, coastal cliffs, and deserts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In Eurasia, widespread from the arctic south to the Canary Islands, North Africa (Morocco to Egypt), Jordan, central Iraq, southwestern Iran, western India, the Himalayas, central China, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands.\u00a0 Rare in winter to Hokkaido.<\/p>

In the Americas, widespread throughout Alaska and Canada south in the west through the U.S. and Mexico to Nicaragua, and south in the east to the Great Lakes, New England, and in the Appalachians to northern Georgia.<\/p>

An individual that strayed to Kure Island in Hawaii\u2019s Northwest Chain (February 12 \u2013 March 21, 2014) appeared large and large-billed, indicating that it likely originated from Asia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

A large, all-black crow with a massive bill.\u00a0 The largest passerine, up to 70 cm in length and 1.5 m in wingspan.<\/p>

Apart from size, it can often be distinguished from most similar crows by its flight silhouette: a long, somewhat wedge-shaped tail, and proportionately long, thin wings that it often holds bent at the wrist.<\/p>

The bill generally appears longer, and often larger overall, than the head.\u00a0 There is some variation, as European populations seem to have larger, deeper bills than North Americans.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; June 19, 2018.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Dave Bengston<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia; June 16, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Kalin Oca\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Raven<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,<\/p>

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore\u2014<\/p>

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,<\/p>

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.<\/p>

\u201c\u2019Tis some visitor,\u201d I muttered, \u201ctapping at my chamber door\u2014<\/p>

Only this and nothing more.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;<\/p>

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.<\/p>

Eagerly I wished the morrow\u2014vainly I had sought to borrow<\/p>

From my books surcease of sorrow\u2014sorrow for the lost Lenore\u2014<\/p>

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore\u2014<\/p>

Nameless here for evermore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain<\/p>

Thrilled me\u2014filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;<\/p>

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating<\/p>

\u201c\u2019Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door\u2014<\/p>

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;\u2014<\/p>

This it is and nothing more.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,<\/p>

\u201cSir,\u201d said I, \u201cor Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;<\/p>

But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,<\/p>

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,<\/p>

That I scarce was sure I heard you\u201d\u2014here I opened wide the door;\u2014<\/p>

Darkness there and nothing more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,<\/p>

Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;<\/p>

But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,<\/p>

And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, \u201cLenore?\u201d<\/p>

This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, \u201cLenore!\u201d\u2014<\/p>

Merely this and nothing more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,<\/p>

Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.<\/p>

\u201cSurely,\u201d said I, \u201csurely that is something at my window lattice;<\/p>

Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore\u2014<\/p>

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;\u2014<\/p>

\u2019Tis the wind and nothing more!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,<\/p>

In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;<\/p>

Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;<\/p>

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door\u2014<\/p>

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door\u2014<\/p>

Perched, and sat, and nothing more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,<\/p>

By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,<\/p>

\u201cThough thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,\u201d I said, \u201cart sure no craven,<\/p>

Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore\u2014<\/p>

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night\u2019s Plutonian shore!\u201d<\/p>

Quoth the Raven \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,<\/p>

Though its answer little meaning\u2014little relevancy bore;<\/p>

For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being<\/p>

Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door\u2014<\/p>

Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,<\/p>

With such name as \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only<\/p>

That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.<\/p>

Nothing farther then he uttered\u2014not a feather then he fluttered\u2014<\/p>

Till I scarcely more than muttered \u201cOther friends have flown before\u2014<\/p>

On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.\u201d<\/p>

Then the bird said \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,<\/p>

\u201cDoubtless,\u201d said I, \u201cwhat it utters is its only stock and store<\/p>

Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster<\/p>

Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore\u2014<\/p>

Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore<\/p>

Of \u2018Never\u2014nevermore\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,<\/p>

Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;<\/p>

Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking<\/p>

Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore\u2014<\/p>

What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore<\/p>

Meant in croaking \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing<\/p>

To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom\u2019s core;<\/p>

This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining<\/p>

On the cushion\u2019s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o\u2019er,<\/p>

But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o\u2019er,<\/p>

She shall press, ah, nevermore!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer<\/p>

Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.<\/p>

\u201cWretch,\u201d I cried, \u201cthy God hath lent thee\u2014by these angels he hath sent thee<\/p>

Respite\u2014respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;<\/p>

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!\u201d<\/p>

Quoth the Raven \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cProphet!\u201d said I, \u201cthing of evil!\u2014prophet still, if bird or devil!\u2014<\/p>

Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,<\/p>

Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted\u2014<\/p>

On this home by Horror haunted\u2014tell me truly, I implore\u2014<\/p>

Is there\u2014is there balm in Gilead?\u2014tell me\u2014tell me, I implore!\u201d<\/p>

Quoth the Raven \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cProphet!\u201d said I, \u201cthing of evil!\u2014prophet still, if bird or devil!<\/p>

By that Heaven that bends above us\u2014by that God we both adore\u2014<\/p>

Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,<\/p>

It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore\u2014<\/p>

Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.\u201d<\/p>

Quoth the Raven \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cBe that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!\u201d I shrieked, upstarting\u2014<\/p>

\u201cGet thee back into the tempest and the Night\u2019s Plutonian shore!<\/p>

Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!<\/p>

Leave my loneliness unbroken!\u2014quit the bust above my door!<\/p>

Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!\u201d<\/p>

Quoth the Raven \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting<\/p>

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;<\/p>

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon\u2019s that is dreaming,<\/p>

And the lamp-light o\u2019er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;<\/p>

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor<\/p>

Shall be lifted\u2014nevermore!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Spray River Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta; November 18, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Plamen Peychev<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Kitimat, British Columbia; October 29, 2020.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Joachim Bertrands<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico; November 3, 2017.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Juan Miguel Artigas Azas<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Antelope Island State Park, Utah; March 13, 2020.) \u00a0\u00a9 William Richards<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Cypress Provincial Park, West Vancouver, British Columbia; December 10, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Mark Daly<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Ronda, M\u00e1laga, Andaluc\u00eda, Spain; May 4, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Santiago Caballero Carrera<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (San Pascual, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain; March 29, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Juan Parra Caceres<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, showing a bluish and purplish sheen.\u00a0 (Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario; November 5, 2020.) \u00a0\u00a9 Blair Dudeck<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, showing the nasal bristles laying flat over the base of the culmen.\u00a0 (Spray River Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta; November 18, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Plamen Peychev<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (El Cod\u00f3, Lleida, Catalu\u00f1a, Spain; January 19, 2021.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Marc G\u00e1lvez<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Seal Point Park, San Mateo, California; January 16, 2016.) \u00a0\u00a9 Caroline Lambert<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario; November 5, 2020.) \u00a0\u00a9 Blair Dudeck<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Pitt Meadows, British Columbia; June 13, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 John Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Quartz Road Marsh, Whitehorse, Yukon; December 28, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 Cameron Eckert<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, showing shaggy throat and neck feathers.\u00a0 (Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario; November 5, 2020.) \u00a0\u00a9 Blair Dudeck<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Immatures have brownish tones over a variable extent of their plumage, most consistently on the head, neck, and body.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Tatra National Park, Poland; June 25, 2020.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Alexander Hagge<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Mount Washington, New Hampshire; July 5, 2019.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Matthew Bowman<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Prince George, British Columbia; June 14, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 Jeff Dyck<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Mount Washington, New Hampshire; July 5, 2019.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Matthew Bowman<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Mount Washington, New Hampshire; July 5, 2019.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Matthew Bowman<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Bujaraloz, Zaragoza, Arag\u00f3n, Spain; July 11, 2018.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Arnau Guardia<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Alinya, Lleida, Catalu\u00f1a, Spain; April 28, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Ellen Askum<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (Lambly Lake, British Columbia; July 14, 2020.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Brad Vissia<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (El Cod\u00f3, Lleida, Catalu\u00f1a, Spain; January 19, 2021.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Marc G\u00e1lvez<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (West Yellowstone, Montana; January 12, 2020.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Christian Hagenlocher<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven\u2014when folded, the tail appears long and wedge-shaped.\u00a0 (Gilbert, Arizona; May 10, 2018.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Sean Fitzgerald<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, showing fairly typical flight silhouette\u2014note especially the proportionately long wings.\u00a0 (Long Pond State Forest, New York; November 26, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Chris Wood<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Summit Ledges, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve, Minnesota; October 20, 2016.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Brian Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, juvenile.\u00a0 (North Hero, Vermont; August 9, 2019.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Jared Keyes<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec; January 8, 2021.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Daniel Campeau<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven.\u00a0 (Sknyatino, Tverskaya Oblast, Russia; February 23, 2017.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Pavel Parkhaev<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, flying with wings bent at the wrist.\u00a0 (Lac-Boivin Nature Center, La Haute-Yamaska, Quebec; November 9, 2019.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Tom Long<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, showing characteristically long, wedge-shaped tail.\u00a0 (Summit Ledges, Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve, Minnesota; October 20, 2016.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Brian Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Raven, showing wedge-shaped tail.\u00a0 (The Bluff, St. Joseph, Ontario; October 9, 2020.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Brandon Holden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoice.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Diverse vocalizations include honks, croaks, chortles, caws, and percussive clicking and popping.\u00a0 Probably its most characteristic call is a resonant, rolling, musical P-R-R-RONK<\/em><\/strong> or KOR-R-R-P<\/em><\/strong>, often given in pairs or triples: