Photo by Copetersen www.copetersen.com (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDuring the winter the Common Raven will typically gather in flocks, which allows them to forage together during the day and also roost together during the cold nights. Once winter is over though, these birds tend to pair up or form small groups and it is believed that the Raven will mate for life. Now I see why those aerial acrobatics are so important for these birds….you don’t want to mess up your whole life with one wrong dive.<\/p>\n
Common Raven Fast Fact – <\/strong>The Common Raven is typically mistaken for the American Crow, however, the Raven is larger in size and has a larger beak then the Crow. As well, in flight the Raven’s tail will come to a point in the middle while the Crow has an evenly rounded tail.<\/p>\nThat does it for today’s Spirit animal. I hope you enjoyed learning about the Common Raven and I will see you tomorrow for the last fact of the week.<\/p>\n
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Today’s Wild Fact was suggested by a friend of mine since she was looking for some good “scienc-y” information on her spirit animal, which just happens to be the Common Raven. Since our good ol’ Wild Facts didn’t have anything on this incredibly intelligent bird, I thought we would change that today. Living in the Yukon for a few years, I have learned a bit about the Common Raven since they are symbolic amongst the First Nation communities. These birds are really fascinating and I hope you will have a greater respect for them by the time you finish reading <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[2195,348,2192,2196,2197,4025,2193,2194],"yoast_head":"\n
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