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Lithodid-Man
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Message 17 of 42 (247878)
10-01-2005 3:54 AM
Reply to: Message 11 by Omnivorous
09-30-2005 9:17 PM


Car Surfing
Both here (Sitka) and in Juneau it is common to see ravens flying into the backdraft of large trucks on the road. When I first saw it I thought they had been hit, but soon noticed that they were perfectly healthy afterwards and then saw that they would dive at top of the truck as it was passing then be blown backwards. I have also seen them sled upside-down on snow covered roofs, then fly back to the peak of the roof to do it again.
I apologize for continuing the off-topic post, but find this fascinating. Another interesting raven observation I have made is that they, unlike our other corvids, seem to never fully adapt to humans. Wrong terminology perhaps. NW Crows, Steller's jays, and magpies seem to quickly learn to take food from people (I am thinking of McDonald's parking lots). Ravens always maintain a good 3 meter distance and are always wary. I don't know what this means, but is interesting. You can hand feed the others at McDonald's, but have to toss far for the ravens.

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