Common Raven
| Corvus corax | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) |
Corvus corax
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies)
The largest songbird of all is considered by many to be the most intelligent bird of all. In the eastern US, ravens are more restricted to northern and mountainous regions than are crows.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Starting 2024 Right! 2024
- Flamingo Road, Part I 2023
- Fascinating Robin Story 2023
- First Pileated of 2023 2023
- 2022 Duluth Christmas Bird Count results, Part 1 2022
- Birds in Art, Part 3: When Birds and Humans Intersect 2022
- Birds in Art, Part I: A little history 2022
- Bird Flu and Other Feeder Issues 2022
- Chickadee Day 2022: The Worst of Times 2022
- New Years Brrrrrrding! 2022
- 2020 Duluth Christmas Bird Count 2020
- October Snow! 2020
- Ravens: Smarter Than We Thought! 2020
- Jennifer Ackerman Week: Part IV: Play 2020
- How Wildlife Is Faring During the Shutdown 2020
- Cacawphony 2020
- Great Gray Owl 2020
- Twelve Owls 2020
- Sam Cook's Ravens and New Information about Pair Bonds 2019
- Birds in the News 2019
- Laura's Best Bird EVER! Raven with a Gift from Above 2018
- Human Social Evolution 2017
- Moseying through the Bog 2017
- February Romance 2017
- Superb Owl Sunday 2017
- Poems by J. Drew Lanham 2016
- Larking About with John Richardson 2016
- A Kindness of Ravens 2016
- Gifts from Birds and Other Internet Stories 2015
- Auto Collisions and Birds 2014
- Thanksgiving Gratitude 2011
- Wild Birds Speaking English 2011
- Winter's Last Stand 2011
- New Year's Day predictions based on your first bird of the year, Part II 2011
- New Year's Day predictions based on your first bird of the year 2011
- Raven color 2010
- Athletic teams named for birds 2010
- Autumn 2007
- Peter Dring's Stories 2007
- Wild Birds I Have Known, Part II 2007
- Christmas Bird Count 2006 2006
- Birding from a Deer Stand 2006
- Monofilament 2006
- Spring Update 2006
- Homesickness (from Arkansas) 2006
- Crows 2005
- Chickadee Vocabularies and Bird Brains 2005
- Gyrchannel's Birds in the News 2005
- Reconsidering Alaska's State Bird: Ptarmigan vs. Raven 2005
- Superstitions 2004
- The Fab Five and Burrowing Owls 2004
- Missing Pelicans 2004
- Turkey Vulture 2004
- Spring Is Coming! 2004
- Isabella Christmas Bird Count 2003
- How the Raven Saved Christmas (reworked) 2001
- Birthday 2001 2001
- Robert Frost's The Exposed Nest 2001
- Headed to Alaska 2001
- Black-backed Woodpecker 2001
- Poem by John Oberholtzer: Bird Legs 2000
- Sixteen Years 1999
- Birds in the Movies 1999
- Nevermore and other poems 1999
- Connecting with Nature 1999
- Bird Legs, a poem by John Oberholtzer 1999
- Saw-whet Owls: Early Spring 1999
- Ravens (Placeholder) 1999
- Provincial Birds 1999
- Black-backed Woodpecker 1999
- A Perfect Fall Day 1998
- Book Review: The Stokes Field Guide to Birds 1998
- FROM 1998, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE UPCOMING MOVIE: Movie Review: Everest and Alpine Choughs 1998
- Gepetto the Baby Pileated Woodpecker, Part 2 1998
- Valentine's Day 1998
- Bird Feet 1998
- Breeding Bird Survey 1997 (Placeholder) 1997
- Connecting with Birds 1997
- Collections 1997
- Early Mating Rituals 1997
- Halloween 1996
- Spruce Grouse 1996
- Review: The Stokes Field Guide to Birds 1996
- Groundhog Day 1996
- Book Review: Bird Brains 1995
- Book Review: The Wind Masters 1995
- Signs of Spring 1995
- Romance 1995
- Ravens 1995
- Paper Route 1995
- Isabella Christmas Bird Count 1995 1995
- World of Wheels 1994
- Ravens (Placeholder) 1994
- Winter Feathers 1994
- How the Raven Saved Christmas (Placeholder) 1993
- Crows and Ravens (Placeholder) 1993
- Bird Feet 1993
- Ravens (Placeholder) 1993
- How the Raven Saved Christmas 1992
- Bird Feet 1992
- Hawk Ridge Assistants 1992
- Ravens 1992
- Sneakers's First Word 1992
- Bird Songs 1992
- Collective Birds 1991
- How the Raven Saved Christmas (Original) 1989
- "Nevermore" and other poems 1989
- 173 Bird Books 1989
- Christmas Bird Count 1989 1989
- Coin Collecting 1989
- Gift Ideas: Other Bird Books 1989
- Winter Hush 1989
- Eagle Flight 1989
- Bird Brains 1989
- The Raven 1989
- Crows and Ravens 1989
- Mobbing and Piracy 1989
- Dawn Dickey Duty 1989
- Collective Nouns for Birds 1989
- Weird Bird Calls 1989
- John Bartlett 1989
- Eagle Courtship 1989
- Crows 1989
- Great Horned Owl 1989
- Early Spring Songs 1989
- Birds of Ireland 1989
- Bird Collecting. 1989
- Bird Collecting. 1989
- Bird Report 1989
- Rehabilitation Permit 1989
- Herring Gulls 1989
- Attracting Birds 1989
- Couch Potato Birding 1989
- Autumn's End 1988
- Crow Hunting Season 1988
- Calpurnia the Raven 1988
- Identifying birds in flight 1988
- Birds and Housework 1988
- WHOA! Big Day at the Pumping Station 1988
- Collective Nouns for Birds 1988
- Crow Season Update 1988
- Augury 1988
- Blackbirds! 1988
- French That's for the Birds 1988
- Hearts 1988
- Common Redpoll 1988
- Scavengers: The Garbagemen of the Bird World. 1987
- Bird Brains 1987
- Poe's Raven 1987
- Ravens and Crows 1987
- Dawn Dickey Duty 1987
- Crows 1987
- Ravens 1987
- Birding by Canoe 1987
- Weird Bird Songs and Calls 1987
- Bald Eagle migration 1987 1987
- Bald Eagle 1987
- Blue Jay 1987
- Crows and Ravens 1986
- Blue Jay 1986